Explore Porter Brook, 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 Porter Brook, 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 Porter Brook 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 Porter Brook.
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 | Porter Brook |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Northumberland |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.482867 |
| Longitude | -66.473954 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E6A |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAPEZ |
Porter Brook is a locality in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Porter Brook is located at 46.4829°N, 66.4740°W.
Porter Brook traces a jagged, silver path through the dense, shadowed woodlands near the Winding Hill, its current gathering momentum before meeting the broader, more deliberate flow of the Southwest Miramichi River. It lies 30.2 km north-east of Nashwaak, NB (from Nashwaak, NB: bearing 43°T), and is situated 5.3 km west-north-west of Boiestown. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the low-angled light of late afternoon catches the suspended moisture above the stream, turning the air into a shimmering, translucent haze. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into the quiet, wooded ridges that define this stretch of Northumberland, a landscape that feels less like a geography and more like a long, held breath. While Bartholomew Lake sits quiet and distant, and the hidden descent of Trout Brook Falls remains tucked away in the further reaches of the wilderness, Porter Brook itself serves as a constant, rhythmic pulse for the surrounding timbered slopes. The quiet persistence of Porter Brook reflects a history deeply rooted in the seasonal cycles of the forest, where the extraction of timber once shaped the movement of men and machinery through the brush. Today, the economy leans into the slow, steady maintenance of the wild, with local livelihoods often turning on the careful stewardship of the woods and the seasonal passage of those drawn to the water. The life of the region moves with a deliberate, unassuming grace, largely defined by the physical demands of the terrain and the necessity of adapting to the persistent, cool climate. Across the seasons, the residents of Porter Brook observe a traditional, quiet endurance, finding a particular beauty in the way the frost settles upon the dark, cedar-lined banks during the deepest, most silent part of the winter.
Porter Brook s'étire avec une humilité silencieuse sur les rives de la rivière Southwest Miramichi, là où le courant semble ralentir pour épouser les courbures du terrain. À proximité immédiate, le relief s'élève vers la colline Winding, dont la masse sombre impose une présence rassurante sur l'horizon, protégeant les terres basses des vents mordants venus du nord. Les habitants habitués aux caprices du climat perçoivent dans la lumière du crépuscule une teinte ambrée singulière, capable de transformer la surface calme de la rivière Southwest Miramichi en un miroir d'étain liquide. À quelques kilomètres, l'éloignement du lac Bartholomew et des chutes Trout Brook confère à Porter Brook une solitude choisie, un isolement qui préserve le rythme lent des journées rythmées par l'entretien des parcelles et la surveillance des bois environnants. Le sol, riche des sédiments déposés par les crues printanières, a dicté depuis longtemps les cycles agricoles des familles installées ici, perpétuant des gestes anciens transmis par les aînés. Dans ce secteur de la vallée, l'air porte souvent une odeur de terre humide et de résineux, rappelant que la vie quotidienne à Porter Brook demeure intimement liée à la rudesse et à la générosité d'une nature sauvage qui ne demande qu'à être apprivoisée par la patience.
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Explore Porter Brook, 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: 46.482867, -66.473954. 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 Porter Brook includes the postal code (E6A), 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 Porter Brook 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) |