Ross Bay Newfoundland and Labrador Map

About Ross Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Ross Bay is a locality in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a town. Ross Bay is located at 52.9131°N, 66.1936°W.

Ross Bay is a place where the land seems to exhale a quiet contentment, a wide, shallow expanse of water cradled by rolling, heath-covered hills that spill down to meet its placid shores. It lies 47.0 km east of Wabush, NL (from Wabush, NL: bearing 84°T), and is situated 15.2 km south of Rose Bay Junction. The air here carries the crisp, clean scent of salt and damp earth, and in the long twilights of summer, the water often reflects the sky in hues of bruised purple and soft rose, a mirror held up to the vast Newfoundland sky. Scattered homesteads dot the landscape, their roofs a patchwork of muted colours against the greens and browns of the terrain, each with its own small garden bravely wresting sustenance from the soil. The silence is profound, broken only by the cry of a gull or the distant bleating of sheep, a profound quietude that settles deep into the bones. This is a land shaped by generations who understood the sea's bounty and the land's stubborn generosity. For a long time, the rhythm of life in Ross Bay was dictated by the fishing seasons, the small boats bobbing like colourful toys in the bay, bringing in cod and other treasures from the cold Atlantic. While fishing remains a part of the local fabric, the economy has diversified somewhat, with small-scale farming and a growing appreciation for the area's natural beauty drawing visitors and a new kind of quiet industry. Traces of older ways linger in the names of the inlets and the weathered stone walls that still delineate fields long since returned to grass, a subtle testament to the enduring spirit of those who first carved a life from this rugged coast.

About This Ross Bay Map Page

Explore Ross Bay, 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: 52.913056, -66.193611. 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 Ross Bay includes the postal code (A2V), telephone area code (709, 879). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Ross Bay 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.