Explore Cowans Creek, 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 Cowans Creek, 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 Cowans Creek 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 Cowans Creek.
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 | Cowans Creek |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Gloucester |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.656073 |
| Longitude | -64.910301 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E8P |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAIGZ |
Cowans Creek is a locality in Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Cowans Creek is located at 47.6561°N, 64.9103°W.
Cowans Creek reveals itself as a quiet indentation along the Atlantic coast, where the land yields to the rhythmic pulse of the salt tide. It lies 12.5 km south-south-east of Caraquet, NB (from Caraquet, NB: bearing 166°T), and is situated 14.4 km east of Hautes-Terres. The terrain here is low and unassuming, defined by a thin, persistent mist that clings to the shoreline when the air turns cool at dusk. While the Waugh River flows through the neighboring expanse some 6 km away, the immediate surroundings of Cowans Creek remain defined by the stark reach of the sea and the sudden, dark presence of nearby woods. Further inland, the stillness of Lac Inkerman sits 6 km from the shore, holding a mirror to the sky, while the broader horizons of Parc provincial Val-Comeau wait 20 km distant, marking a shift in the coastal topography that gives the region its desolate, expansive character. Life in Cowans Creek follows the cycles of a maritime climate, where the economy has long been shaped by the necessity of the harvest and the seasonal temper of the water. The architecture of the region reflects a practicality born of long winters, with houses turned toward the horizon as if waiting for the return of the fishing boats. There is a specific quality to the light here, a sharp, silver clarity that illuminates the weathered structures and the salt-crusted gear left along the banks. Generations have maintained a presence in Cowans Creek by remaining attuned to the shifting currents of the Atlantic, finding a balance between the isolation of the coast and the endurance required to thrive in such an exposed, windswept corner of the world.
Cowans Creek s'étire le long de la côte atlantique, là où le souffle salin de l'océan modèle la terre avec une lenteur minérale. À la lisière de ces rivages, la lumière déclinante du crépuscule nimbe les terres d'une teinte cuivrée, révélant la persistance d'un monde façonné par l'âpreté des éléments. À environ six kilomètres, la rivière Waugh serpente avec une discrétion silencieuse, tandis que le lac Inkerman conserve en ses eaux sombres le calme des plaines environnantes. L'existence à Cowans Creek se déploie dans une rigueur héritée des traditions acadiennes, où la rudesse du climat n'entame jamais la ténacité des habitants. Plus loin, vers le sud, le Parc provincial Val-Comeau semble veiller sur l'horizon, offrant aux promeneurs une étendue sauvage où le vent sculpte le sable et la végétation basse. Ici, la vie quotidienne se mesure au rythme des marées et aux saisons qui transforment le sol en une terre nourricière ou en un manteau de givre éclatant. Entre les replis du terrain et l'immensité de l'Atlantique, le paysage demeure une présence brute, une géographie familière dont la beauté réside dans cette simplicité dépouillée, loin des artifices, portée par l'écho lointain des vagues qui viennent mourir contre les côtes de cette région singulière.
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Explore Cowans Creek, 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: 47.656073, -64.910301. 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 Cowans Creek includes the postal code (E8P), 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 Cowans Creek 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) |