Explore Wirral, 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 Wirral, 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 Wirral 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 Wirral.
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 | Wirral |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Queens |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.513225 |
| Longitude | -66.490158 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E5L |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAWLW |
Wirral is a locality in Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Wirral is located at 45.5132°N, 66.4902°W.
Wirral rests within the quiet elevation of the Bald Hill, where the air holds a crisp, persistent clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding woods. It lies 35.3 km south of Sunbury-York South, NB (from Sunbury-York South, NB: bearing 180°T), and is situated 9.5 km south-south-east of Hoyt. The light at dusk here possesses a particular amber weight, settling over the terrain until the shadows of the trees stretch long and thin across the earth. Wirral Lake sits nearby, a mirror for the sky that offers a cool, reflective stillness to the landscape, while the distant, rushing presence of the Nerepis River acts as a hidden pulse beneath the quietude of the hills. Further out, the land yields to the hidden energy of South Branch Falls and the more distant, protected expanse of Parc provincial des chutes Lepreau, grounding the region in a geography of water and stone. The history of Wirral reflects a legacy of resilience, shaped by those who first worked these slopes and understood the demands of a life close to the timber and the soil. While the economy has shifted away from the intensive harvests of the past, the rhythm of daily life remains attentive to the changing seasons, marked by the steady, practical labor of those who maintain the homesteads and woodlots. There is a distinct patience in the way the morning mist clings to the high ground, a quality that defines the character of the people who call Wirral home. Traditions here are kept in the simple, deliberate acts of maintenance and the sharing of stories, ensuring that the connection to this specific portion of the province stays vital and clear, unburdened by the haste of larger, busier worlds.
Wirral s'éveille chaque matin sous une lumière diaphane, déposée avec une douceur infinie sur les reliefs accidentés de la colline Bald. Le paysage, marqué par une rudesse ancienne, s'étire dans une solitude apaisante où le sol, tour à tour rocailleux et fertile, raconte le labeur des pionniers qui ont défriché ces terres pour en extraire une existence modeste. À deux kilomètres à peine, le miroir sombre du lac Wirral capte les reflets changeants du ciel, tandis que les eaux de la rivière Nerepis serpentent avec une lenteur calculée à treize kilomètres de distance. Les habitants de Wirral entretiennent avec ce relief une familiarité silencieuse, celle que l'on réserve aux vieux compagnons de route. Parfois, le fracas lointain des chutes South Branch parvient à briser le mutisme des bois, rappelant la puissance indomptable de la nature qui entoure ces espaces isolés. Plus loin, vers le sud, le Parc provincial des chutes Lepreau offre ses sentiers à ceux qui cherchent l'écho de la forêt sauvage. Ici, le rythme des journées suit le mouvement lent des ombres sur les pentes boisées, une cadence immuable qui préserve l'esprit des lieux des agitations du monde moderne, garantissant la permanence d'une vie simple et authentique.
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Explore Wirral, 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: 45.513225, -66.490158. 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 Wirral includes the postal code (E5L), 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 Wirral 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) |