Explore Porter Cove, 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 Cove, 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 Cove 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 Cove.
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 Cove |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Northumberland |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.493585 |
| Longitude | -66.364657 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E6A |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAPFD |
Porter Cove is a locality in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Porter Cove is located at 46.4936°N, 66.3647°W.
Porter Cove occupies a quiet bend along the Southwest Miramichi River, where the water moves with a persistent, amber-tinted weight against the stones. It lies 37.2 km north-east of Nashwaak, NB (from Nashwaak, NB: bearing 51°T), and is situated 5.7 km north-east of Boiestown. The land here holds the scent of damp earth and spruce, defined by a terrain that rises from the riverbanks into dense, rolling woodlands. At dusk, the light stretches thin and pale across the surface of the Southwest Miramichi River, catching the eddies in a way that makes the current appear as if it were breathing. Beyond the immediate banks, the wilderness remains largely undisturbed, save for the distant, hidden presence of Burnt Land Brook Lake lying some thirteen kilometers away, tucked into the quiet folds of the province’s interior. The history of Porter Cove is tied to the movement of timber and the persistent pull of the river, which served as a primary artery for those carving a livelihood from the surrounding woods. Local life follows the seasonal shifts of the water, an inheritance passed down through generations who learned to navigate the temperamental moods of the Southwest Miramichi River. While the industry of the past has quieted, the legacy of the woods remains a defining feature, shaping the way people here understand their relationship to the landscape. Porter Cove maintains a stillness that feels intentional, where the sound of the wind through the trees often carries more weight than the passing of a truck on the nearby road, and the days pass with the steady, reliable focus of a tide.
Porter Cove s'étire avec une langueur mélancolique le long des rives sinueuses de la rivière Southwest Miramichi, là où le courant murmure des récits anciens aux roches sombres du lit. La lumière du crépuscule y dépose une patine dorée, transformant l'eau en un miroir d'étain liquide tandis que le bois environnant, dense et silencieux, semble retenir son souffle. À treize kilomètres de là, les eaux plus calmes du lac Burnt Land Brook attendent dans une solitude minérale, loin des échos de l'activité humaine. L'histoire de Porter Cove demeure intimement liée à cette géographie forestière, où les hommes ont longtemps puisé leur subsistance dans la rudesse du sol et la générosité des courants, forgeant une identité façonnée par les rigueurs du climat et le labeur quotidien. Les habitations se fondent dans cette nature austère, humbles structures de bois qui semblent guetter le retour des saumons ou le passage des saisons. Il existe ici une sérénité particulière, un calme presque palpable qui s'installe lorsque le vent se lève pour agiter les cimes des arbres, rappelant à quiconque s'y attarde que Porter Cove appartient tout entière à la souveraineté de la terre et de ses eaux froides.
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Explore Porter Cove, 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: 46.493585, -66.364657. 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 Cove 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 Cove 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) |