Salt Harbour Newfoundland and Labrador Map

About Salt Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

Salt Harbour is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Salt Harbour is located at 49.6414°N, 54.6211°W.

Salt Harbour nestles in a scooped-out embrace of the Newfoundland coastline, where the land rises in rugged, moss-draped shoulders against the relentless Atlantic. It lies 8.8 km east of Twillingate, NL (from Twillingate, NL: bearing 92°T), and is situated 15.9 km west of Change Islands. The air here carries the sharp tang of salt and the damp, earthy scent of spruce and fir, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides. Low-lying marshes, fringed with sedges and sea-grass, give way to rocky outcrops, their surfaces smoothed by millennia of wind and wave, and further inland, the terrain ascends into a landscape of rounded hills and boggy hollows, dotted with the dark, still waters of small, peat-stained lakes. The sky above Salt Harbour is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, often painted with dramatic scudding clouds that lend a brooding beauty to the scene, but at other times, especially in the soft light of late afternoon, it can be a breathtaking expanse of pale blue, reflecting a serene, almost luminous quality onto the quiet waters of the harbour itself. The history of Salt Harbour is as deeply etched into its bedrock as the ancient sea caves that pockmark its shoreline. For generations, its livelihood has been inextricably bound to the bounty of the sea, with fishing – cod, lobster, crab – forming the backbone of its economy, a tradition passed down through families like a precious heirloom. Evidence of earlier inhabitants can still be found in the faint traces of their presence, subtle shifts in the landscape hinting at a long and intertwined relationship with this challenging but giving environment. While modern amenities have arrived, a certain unhurried rhythm persists, a quiet resilience born from a history of weathering storms, both literal and metaphorical, and a deep understanding of the land and sea that define Salt Harbour. The distinctive scent of drying cod, a pungent perfume of preservation and sustenance, still occasionally drifts on the breeze, a sensory echo of the industry that once defined this hardy coastal settlement.

About This Salt Harbour Map Page

Explore Salt Harbour, 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: 49.641389, -54.621111. 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 Salt Harbour includes the postal code (A1V), telephone area code (709, 879). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Salt Harbour 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.