Explore Bear Island, New Brunswick, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bear Island, New Brunswick. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of New Brunswick or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Bear Island and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bear Island.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Bear Island |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | York |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.921727 |
| Longitude | -67.026282 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E6L |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAFTX |
Bear Island is a locality in York, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Bear Island is located at 45.9217°N, 67.0263°W.
Bear Island rests as a low, green prominence set within the steady, dark currents of the Saint John River. It lies 18.3 km east-south-east of Nackawic-Millville, NB (from Nackawic-Millville, NB: bearing 117°T), and is situated 14.5 km west-south-west of McKeens Corner. The weight of the water defines the reach of Bear Island, where the river bends near the rise of Magundy Hill to mirror the heavy, grey clouds of an approaching autumn. Beyond the island’s banks, the land holds the quiet memory of shifting soil, while the distant, hidden rush of Joslin Creek Falls suggests a wilder movement behind the dense tree line. When the light fails and the air turns thin and sharp, the silence here feels absolute, broken only by the cold, insistent pull of the river against the stones. Agriculture and the harvest have long defined the life of Bear Island, with fields stretching toward the higher ground as they have for generations. Nearby, the expanse of Waterloo Lake offers a mirror to the sky, contrasting with the structured, managed forests and trails that draw people toward the wider horizons of Mactaquac Provincial Park. The people of Bear Island move with a deliberate focus, tending to the seasonal demands of the land while the river remains the constant, unblinking observer of their daily industry.
Bear Island se déploie avec une sérénité ancienne le long des méandres de la rivière Saint John, là où la lumière déclinante du soir semble s'attarder sur les terres fertiles dominées par la silhouette proche de la colline Magundy. Les eaux calmes de la rivière Saint John, qui ont façonné l'existence de ceux qui s'y sont établis, portent en elles le souvenir des labeurs agricoles et des traditions forestières qui définissent le rythme de vie de Bear Island. À quelques lieues, la fraîcheur boisée s'intensifie près du lac Waterloo, tandis que le fracas discret des chutes Joslin Creek ponctue le silence de la vallée, offrant un contraste saisissant avec la quiétude des rives. Non loin de là, l'espace ouvert du parc provincial Mactaquac invite à une contemplation renouvelée de la nature environnante, rappelant combien la géographie influence la patience des habitants. Ici, le terrain accidenté et les vallonnements douces épousent les caprices de la météo, offrant des matins embrumés où l'air porte une odeur de terre humide et de bois résineux. Chaque parcelle de cette contrée, imprégnée d'une histoire liée aux premières nations et aux pionniers, demeure un monde en soi, où la grandeur du paysage impose une humilité nécessaire face à la pérennité du courant.
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Explore Bear Island, New Brunswick, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.921727, -67.026282. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Bear Island includes the postal code (E6L), telephone area code (506). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Bear Island is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |