Explore Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, 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.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia. 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 Nova Scotia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Baddeck Bay 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 Baddeck Bay.
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 | Baddeck Bay |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Victoria |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.123161 |
| Longitude | -60.715654 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | B2C |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | CABFZ |
Baddeck Bay is a community in Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Baddeck Bay is located at 46.1232°N, 60.7157°W.
Baddeck Bay unfolds as a sheltered embrace of salt water along the Atlantic coast, where the horizon meets the rising shadow of the Big Hill. It lies 40.1 km west of Sydney, NS (from Sydney, NS: bearing 268°T), and is situated 3.9 km north-east of Baddeck. The light here possesses a particular clarity at dusk, turning the surface of the inlet into a sheet of hammered silver that reflects the steep, wooded slopes guarding the shore. Beyond the immediate coastline, the landscape reaches toward the Baddeck River, which carves its path through the terrain some 6 km away, while the distant, hidden presence of Mathesons Lake lies 12 km inland. Further north, the elevation shifts toward the slopes of Easach Ban, situated 11 km from the water’s edge, grounding Baddeck Bay in a geography of quiet, stoic permanence. The history of Baddeck Bay lingers in the salt-crusted timber of aging wharves and the steady, seasonal work of those who harvest from the sea. Life in Baddeck Bay follows the turning of the tides and the shifting winds, maintaining a connection to a past defined by maritime ingenuity and the resilience of those who settled these rugged coastal reaches. While the modern economy draws visitors to the natural beauty of the shoreline, the local character remains defined by a reserved, industrious spirit that values the silence of the winter months as much as the bustle of the summer. The air carries the scent of spruce and brine, a reminder that the land and the Atlantic remain the primary architects of the daily experience here.
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Explore Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, 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: 46.123161, -60.715654. 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 Baddeck Bay includes the postal code (B2C), telephone area code (782, 902). 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 Baddeck 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.
| 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) |