Davis Inlet Newfoundland and Labrador Map

About Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and Labrador

Davis Inlet is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a town. Davis Inlet is located at 55.8886°N, 60.9077°W.

Davis Inlet rests on the Labrador coast, a place where the land itself seems to exhale the crisp, salt-laden air of the North Atlantic. It lies 63.7 km north-west of Hopedale, NL (from Hopedale, NL: bearing 319°T), and is situated 4.5 km north-west of Uipat Utshimassit. The terrain here is a study in rugged beauty, a sweep of low-lying, windswept hills carpeted in hardy mosses and stunted spruce, their branches twisted into stoic shapes by the ceaseless wind. Beneath this sparse vegetation, the earth is a mosaic of exposed rock, glacial erratics, and dark, peaty soil that holds the memory of ancient frosts. Water is everywhere, not in grand rivers but in a thousand small lakes and boggy depressions, reflecting the vast, often dramatic sky in their still surfaces. The coastline, a jagged fringe of rock and pebble, yields to the relentless push and pull of the ocean, its grey waves often capped with white foam that races towards the shore, a constant, murmuring presence. The story of Davis Inlet is deeply entwined with the Innu people, whose ancestral lands stretch across this immense territory. For generations, the rhythms of life here have been dictated by the land and sea, by the pursuit of caribou and the bounty of the ocean. The economy, once solely reliant on traditional hunting and fishing, has seen shifts, but the spirit of resilience remains. Modern life is a blend of the old and the new, where the echoes of caribou hunts and drum dances can still be felt alongside the hum of generators and the chatter of satellite phones. The distinctive character of Davis Inlet is in its quiet endurance, in the way its people have adapted and thrived in this demanding, yet profoundly beautiful, corner of the world, a place where the horizon feels both infinite and intimately close.

About This Davis Inlet Map Page

Explore Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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: 55.888642, -60.907654. 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. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Davis Inlet includes the postal code (A0P), telephone area code (709, 879). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Davis Inlet 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.