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Anderson River Northwest Territories Map

Explore Anderson River, Northwest Territories, 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.

Interactive Map of Anderson River, Northwest Territories

Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation

How to Use This Anderson River, Northwest Territories Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Anderson River, Northwest Territories. 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 Northwest Territories or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Anderson River 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 Anderson River.

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.

PlaceAnderson River
TypeLocality
Province / TerritoryNorthwest Territories (NT)
Location
CountryCanada
Latitude69.700073
Longitude-128.969329
Postal Code (FSA)X0E
Area Code867
ImportanceTown
CGN IDLABEK

About Anderson River, Northwest Territories

Anderson River is a locality in Northwest Territories, Canada. It is classified as a town. Anderson River is located at 69.7001°N, 128.9693°W.

Anderson River emerges from the vast, treeless expanse of the Northwest Territories to meet the frigid pulse of the Arctic coast. It lies 160.2 km east-north-east of Tuktoyaktuk, NT (from Tuktoyaktuk, NT: bearing 78°T), and is situated 99.6 km south-south-west of Cape Bathurst. The low, sweeping horizons here hold a stillness that seems to press against the skin, where the light of a perpetual dusk turns the water of the Anderson River into a sheet of hammered silver. Only three kilometers away, the quiet basin of Landfall Lake mirrors the pale, expansive sky, grounding the landscape in a solitude that feels ancient and absolute. The wind carries a sharp, metallic clarity, reminding any observer that the earth here is defined by the endurance of stone and the slow, persistent movement of water toward the sea. Life at Anderson River follows the seasonal shifts of the north, where the traditional practices of the land provide a steady, quiet continuity that persists despite the changing modern world. The history of the region is written in the silence of the tundra, where the economy of the land relies on a profound knowledge of the waterways and the seasonal migrations that define the northern experience. Anderson River remains a point of connection for those who look to the horizon, where the cold air and the stark, open terrain demand a particular kind of vigilance and respect. People here move through their days with a clear-eyed awareness of the elements, finding a distinct beauty in the way the frost catches the light and the way the river holds its own counsel beneath the ice.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Anderson River Delta Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Migratory Bird Sanctuary) — locality lies within · 1,023 km²

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About This Anderson River Map Page

Explore Anderson River, Northwest Territories, 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: 69.700073, -128.969329. 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 Anderson River includes the postal code (X0E), telephone area code (867). 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 Anderson River 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataCanadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)