Explore Eel River Lake, 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 Eel River Lake, 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 Eel River Lake 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 Eel River Lake.
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 | Eel River Lake |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | York |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.834667 |
| Longitude | -67.653982 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E6H |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAMBA |
Eel River Lake is a locality in York, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Eel River Lake is located at 45.8347°N, 67.6540°W.
Eel River Lake sits quietly beneath the shadow of Sam Foster Hill, defined by a landscape that leans into the northern stillness of the Canadian interior. It lies 16.2 km west-south-west of Lakeland Ridges, NB (from Lakeland Ridges, NB: bearing 246°T), and is situated 15.9 km west-south-west of Canterbury. The terrain holds a persistent, cool clarity, where the light at dusk settles against the shoreline like a cooling iron, turning the surface of the water into a dark, polished mirror. While First Eel Lake waits only 3 km away, the expanse of Eel River Lake itself feels singular and contained, surrounded by a dense, unyielding perimeter of forest that seems to hold its breath against the coming winter. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a sharp, elemental fragrance that lingers long after the sun has dipped behind the rising ground of the hill. Life around Eel River Lake has long been dictated by the modest, necessary industries of the timber and woodlot trade, maintaining a character shaped by hard work and the seasonal shifts of the woods. The proximity of the Eel River, flowing roughly 5 km from the lake, has historically served as a vital artery for the movement of resources, anchoring the local economy to the steady, predictable pulse of the water. Those who reside near the lake find a certain depth in the silence, a quality that persists even when the distant rush of Risteen Falls, located 14 km away, is carried on a shifting wind. Farther afield, the presence of the Réserve de la faune du Club Kindness some 39 km away serves as a reminder of the vast, protected wilderness that frames this corner of the province, ensuring that the quietude of the region remains undisturbed by the noise of the modern world.
Eel River Lake s'étend sous une clarté diaphane, là où les ombres s'allongent contre les pentes de la colline Sam Foster pour envelopper le relief d'une douceur mélancolique. Le vent parcourt les boisés environnants avec une régularité apaisante, portant en lui le souvenir des terres fertiles que les générations ont façonnées par un labeur patient, loin des tumultes urbains. À quelques kilomètres, le courant de la rivière Eel serpente avec une discrétion minérale, tandis que les eaux plus calmes du lac First Eel semblent retenir le souffle du ciel lors des crépuscules pourpres. La vie à Eel River Lake se mesure au rythme des changements de lumière sur les rives, loin de l'effervescence des chutes Risteen, dont le fracas lointain ne parvient jamais à troubler la quiétude des foyers installés dans ces vallées isolées. Parfois, l'esprit s'évade vers les étendues sauvages de la Réserve de la faune du Club Kindness, mais le regard revient toujours vers cette intimité particulière, faite de bois, de terre humide et d'un silence si dense qu'il en devient presque palpable. Chaque sentier, chaque parcelle cultivée, porte la marque de ceux qui ont choisi de bâtir leur existence sur ces sols, créant une harmonie silencieuse entre l'homme et l'immensité forestière qui domine l'horizon.
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Explore Eel River Lake, 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: 45.834667, -67.653982. 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 Eel River Lake includes the postal code (E6H), 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 Eel River Lake 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) |