Explore Lower Main River, 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 Lower Main River, 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 Lower Main River 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 Lower Main River.
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 | Lower Main River |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Kent |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.565129 |
| Longitude | -64.983836 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E4W |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAUNE |
Lower Main River is a locality in Kent, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lower Main River is located at 46.5651°N, 64.9838°W.
Lower Main River flows with a quiet, persistent gravity through the low-lying terrain near the Galloway Hill. It lies 14.8 km south-west of Beaurivage, NB (from Beaurivage, NB: bearing 217°T), and is situated 2.3 km south of Big Cove. The water of the Molus River reflects the changing humors of the sky, darkening to the color of slate as the air cools against the rising elevation of the nearby Galloway Hill. Shadows lengthen across the damp earth, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the movement of the current against the riverbank. Geddes Lake sits nestled in the surrounding landscape, a silent presence nine kilometers away that mirrors the expansive, indifferent reach of the clouds. Even at a distance of thirty-three kilometers, the influence of Parc national du Canada Kouchibouguac informs the character of the horizon, lending a sense of vast, protected space to the edges of the view. The life of Lower Main River remains centered on the rhythms of the Molus River, which has long served as a vital artery for those who work the land and the timbered slopes. Generations have observed the seasonal shifts in the water level, adapting their livelihood to the demands of a geography that favors patience over haste. The local economy relies on the steady, modest yields of the forest and the soil, maintaining a heritage defined by the practicalities of rural labor. Visitors passing through find that Lower Main River holds a singular, unadorned beauty, grounded in the clarity of the light and the persistent, low-frequency sound of water moving over stone.
Lower Main River se déploie avec une humilité tranquille à proximité de la colline Galloway, là où la terre s'incline doucement pour rencontrer les méandres de la rivière Molus. Dans cette contrée du Nouveau-Brunswick, le ciel du soir semble descendre plus bas sur les champs, déposant une lumière dorée qui souligne la texture rugueuse des écorces et le silence des terres agricoles. À quelques lieues de là, le lac Geddes conserve une immobilité minérale, tandis qu'à une distance plus étendue, le Parc national du Canada Kouchibouguac imprègne l'atmosphère d'une odeur de sel et de résine, rappelant la proximité constante de l'océan. La vie à Lower Main River suit le rythme lent des marées et des récoltes, héritage des familles qui ont su lire la géographie pour bâtir leurs demeures entre les pentes et le courant. Les habitants entretiennent une relation intime avec les variations de l'air, observant les brumes matinales qui s'élèvent au-dessus de la rivière Molus avec une familiarité ancienne. Ici, chaque sentier et chaque courbe de terrain racontent une patience paysanne, une existence modeste qui puise sa force dans la persistance des saisons sans jamais chercher à les dompter.
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Explore Lower Main River, 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: 46.565129, -64.983836. 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 Lower Main River includes the postal code (E4W), 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 Lower Main River 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) |