Explore Canaan Rapids, 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 Canaan Rapids, 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 Canaan Rapids 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 Canaan Rapids.
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 | Canaan Rapids |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Queens |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.936475 |
| Longitude | -65.744003 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E4C |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAZSL |
Canaan Rapids is a locality in Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Canaan Rapids is located at 45.9365°N, 65.7440°W.
Canaan Rapids holds a quiet, persistent presence along the winding course of the Canaan River. It lies 20.4 km north-east of Arcadia, NB (from Arcadia, NB: bearing 54°T), and is situated 14.5 km south-east of Cumberland Bay. The landscape here is defined by the steady push of water against ancient stone, where the river narrows and quickens near the Cumberland Bay Hill. As evening descends, the light catches the surface of the Canaan River with a metallic sheen, turning the current into a dark ribbon that mirrors the silhouette of the trees. The terrain is marked by a raw, unadorned beauty, where the damp earth exhales the scent of pine and silt, and the stillness of the woods is broken only by the persistent, rhythmic chatter of the rapids. Life in Canaan Rapids has long been shaped by the presence of the water and the undulating, forested ground that stretches toward the horizon. While Parks Lake sits some distance away, the pull of the river remains the central focus for those who work the land and navigate the seasonal shifts of the valley. Local industry has historically looked to the timber and the soil, drawing sustenance from the persistence of the forest and the clear, cold runoff that feeds the basin. The pace of days in Canaan Rapids follows the light and the weather, reflecting a continuity that values the weight of the land over the clamor of the modern world.
Canaan Rapids s'étire avec une patience minérale le long des rives de la rivière Canaan, là où le courant semble hésiter entre la force des terres intérieures et la quiétude des basses terres. À proximité de la colline Cumberland Bay, le paysage se déploie en ondulations douces, façonnées par une agriculture ancienne qui a su dompter la rudesse du sol pour y installer des fermes aux charpentes robustes. Le crépuscule y dépose une lumière dorée, presque tangible, qui souligne la texture des champs et le mouvement lent des eaux sombres. À environ douze kilomètres, le lac Parks complète cet horizon, offrant un miroir immobile à la forêt qui enserre les terres. L'existence à Canaan Rapids se mesure au rythme des récoltes et aux changements de luminosité sur la surface de la rivière, conservant une dignité silencieuse héritée des générations qui ont cultivé ces parcelles fertiles. Les habitants maintiennent un lien étroit avec ce relief marqué par la proximité des eaux, privilégiant une existence sobre où chaque saison redéfinit les contours du travail et du repos. Ici, la géographie dicte une façon d'être, imposant une attention particulière au moindre repli du terrain qui protège les demeures du vent venant des hauteurs.
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Explore Canaan Rapids, 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: 45.936475, -65.744003. 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 Canaan Rapids includes the postal code (E4C), 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 Canaan Rapids 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) |