Explore Napan Bay, 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 Napan Bay, 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 Napan Bay 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 Napan Bay.
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 | Napan Bay |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Northumberland |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.056216 |
| Longitude | -65.299894 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E1N |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DABJR |
Napan Bay is a locality in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Napan Bay is located at 47.0562°N, 65.2999°W.
Napan Bay rests where the salt-heavy breath of the Atlantic meets the quiet, persistent pulse of the Napan River. It lies 13.9 km east-north-east of Miramichi, NB (from Miramichi, NB: bearing 65°T), and is situated 11.7 km south-south-west of Barryville. The landscape surrounding Napan Bay possesses a raw, unvarnished dignity, characterized by the low, sweeping contours near The Horseback that anchor the horizon against the sky. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic violet, catching the silt-laden currents of the river before they dissolve into the wider basin. Dry Lake sits as a quiet, reflective eye in the nearby woods, mirroring the sky with a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic push and pull of the coastal tides. While the expansive reaches of Parc national du Canada Kouchibouguac lie thirty-three kilometers away, the immediate surroundings of Napan Bay hold a more intimate weight, defined by the scent of wet peat and the sharp, bracing tang of the sea. The history of Napan Bay is written in the seasonal currents of the river and the endurance of those who have long harvested the bounty of these waters. Local industry remains tied to the cycles of the land and tide, with the daily activities of the people mirroring the patient work of the elements themselves. Life in Napan Bay moves with a steady, pragmatic grace, focused on the maintenance of homesteads and the seasonal rhythms of the fishery. Even now, the air carries a persistent clarity that sharpens the edges of the barns and fences, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that demands attentiveness and rewards the observant eye with the subtle, shifting colors of the marsh grass.
Napan Bay s'étire le long de la côte atlantique avec une humilité grave, là où les eaux saumâtres de la rivière Napan rencontrent le souffle salé du large. À proximité de la formation géologique connue sous le nom de The Horseback, le paysage se déploie en une étendue plane et silencieuse, marquée par une lumière changeante qui semble polir chaque arête du relief. Le lac Dry, situé à trois kilomètres de là, conserve une immobilité minérale, tandis que le Parc national du Canada Kouchibouguac, distant d'une trentaine de kilomètres, étend son influence sauvage sur l'horizon, rappelant aux habitants la primauté des éléments. La vie à Napan Bay se calque sur le rythme des marées et les travaux de la terre, héritage d'une tradition agricole tenace qui a façonné ces sols meubles. Ici, le vent marin s'engouffre dans les herbes hautes, apportant une fraîcheur qui imprègne les demeures et les hangars de bois grisés. Les familles qui habitent ces rives partagent une compréhension intime des saisons, une connaissance silencieuse des courants qui animent le bras de mer. En ces lieux, la sérénité n'est pas une abstraction, mais une présence physique, une résistance tranquille face à l'immensité de l'Atlantique qui finit toujours par reprendre ses droits sur le rivage.
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Explore Napan Bay, 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: 47.056216, -65.299894. 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 Napan Bay includes the postal code (E1N), 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 Napan Bay 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) |