Explore West Quaco, 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 West Quaco, 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 West Quaco 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 West Quaco.
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 | West Quaco |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Saint John |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.336431 |
| Longitude | -65.550795 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E5R |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAUVJ |
West Quaco is a locality in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. West Quaco is located at 45.3364°N, 65.5508°W.
West Quaco clings to the rugged Atlantic coast, where the dense growth of the Mosher Hill meets the salt-heavy air of the bay. It lies 31.9 km south-east of Hampton, NB (from Hampton, NB: bearing 132°T), and is situated 1.6 km south of Fundy-St. Martins. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, persistent pull of the tide against the shoreline and the quiet, steady descent of the Mosher River toward the sea. When the evening light catches the spray, the water takes on a bruised, metallic sheen, casting long shadows across the uneven terrain that define the character of West Quaco. Inland, the woods hold a damp, cool stillness, and the presence of Lily Lake, lying some distance away, provides a hidden, freshwater contrast to the relentless motion of the salt water. The history of West Quaco is anchored in the hard labor of those who looked to the forest and the sea for their livelihood, turning timber and tide into the foundation of their lives. Industry here has always been a conversation between the raw materials of the Mosher Hill and the demands of a maritime existence, requiring a steady hand and a tolerance for the shifting seasons. Local life persists in a modest, deliberate fashion, marked by the maintenance of gear and the watchful observation of the weather. There is a particular honesty in how the days pass, stripped of pretense, where the weight of the work is balanced by the simple, enduring beauty of a coastline that remains largely indifferent to the passage of men.
West Quaco s’étire avec une langueur mélancolique sur la côte atlantique, là où la terre semble hésiter avant de se livrer aux marées. Le relief se déploie à travers la colline Mosher, offrant une perspective changeante sur les eaux salées qui battent le rivage avec une régularité lancinante. La rivière Mosher serpente à travers ce terrain accidenté, ses eaux froides charriant le souvenir des anciennes activités maritimes qui façonnèrent jadis le destin des habitants. À quelques lieues de là, le lac Lily repose dans un silence minéral, observant le passage des heures sous une lumière qui, au crépuscule, nimbe le paysage d’une teinte argentée et fragile. La vie à West Quaco suit le rythme des vents marins et des brumes matinales, une existence tournée vers les horizons vastes et l’âpreté bienveillante du littoral. Les structures anciennes, vestiges d’une ère où le bois et l’industrie locale dictaient le labeur quotidien, demeurent parmi les fougères et les rochers, rappelant une ténacité héritée des premiers occupants. Ici, le ciel se confond souvent avec l’océan dans une unité grise et profonde, invitant à une contemplation solitaire devant la force brute des éléments qui sculptent sans relâche le contour de ces terres sauvages.
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Explore West Quaco, 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: 45.336431, -65.550795. 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 West Quaco includes the postal code (E5R), 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 West Quaco 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) |