Explore McAlpines, 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 McAlpines, 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 McAlpines 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 McAlpines.
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 | McAlpines |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Queens |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.715914 |
| Longitude | -66.102889 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E5M |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAYIX |
McAlpines is a locality in Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. McAlpines is located at 45.7159°N, 66.1029°W.
McAlpines sits as a quiet witness to the slow, deliberate movement of the Saint John River, its terrain defined by the heavy, humid breath of the valley. It lies 16.8 km south-west of Arcadia, NB (from Arcadia, NB: bearing 223°T), and is situated 15.1 km south-west of Cambridge-Narrows. The landscape surrounding McAlpines holds the memory of Otnabog Hill, a rise that breaks the horizon and offers a vantage point over the low-lying reaches where light clings to the water long after the sun has dipped below the trees. Otnabog Lake rests only 2 km away, a silvered basin that captures the stillness of the air, reflecting the turning seasons in its dark, glassy surface. The proximity of such water ensures that the ground remains cool and heavy, a persistent dampness that dictates the growth of the thickets and the way the fog rolls in to obscure the edges of the fields at dawn. Settlement here grew from the necessity of navigating the river, relying on the Saint John River as the primary artery for timber and trade during the early years of development. While McAlpines maintains a character shaped by its agricultural roots, the land itself demands a patient hand, with soil that prefers the steady, repetitive tasks of cultivation over the haste of modern industry. Further afield, the Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area, lying 28 km away, acts as a sanctuary for the wilder impulses of the region, emphasizing the isolation that defines life in this part of Queens. The people here move with an awareness of the distance between their hearths and the wider world, finding a certain satisfaction in the solitude of the riverbank and the persistent, unchanging cycle of the seasons.
McAlpines s'étire avec une patience tranquille sur les rives de la rivière Saint John, là où le terrain s'incline doucement vers les eaux sombres et fertiles. Dominé par la silhouette familière de la colline Otnabog, le paysage conserve une allure de terre ancienne, travaillée par les mains de ceux qui ont défriché ces sols pour y planter les racines d'une existence durable. À quelques kilomètres, le lac Otnabog s'alanguit dans un calme plat, agissant comme un miroir pour les nuages qui défilent au-dessus de cette vallée de Queens. Lorsque le crépuscule s'installe, la lumière se fige sur les champs, transformant les herbes hautes en une étendue de cuivre avant que l'ombre ne gagne les bois environnants. L'air, chargé d'une humidité légère venue de la rivière, porte en lui les échos discrets d'une vie rythmée par la terre et le passage des courants. Plus loin, vers le Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area, la nature reprend ses droits dans une zone protégée qui rappelle la sauvagerie originelle de ces plaines inondables. McAlpines préserve cette harmonie silencieuse entre les vergers et le cours d'eau, offrant une présence constante face à l'immensité tranquille du ciel bas et des rives verdoyantes.
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Explore McAlpines, 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: 45.715914, -66.102889. 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 McAlpines includes the postal code (E5M), 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 McAlpines 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) |