Explore Forties, 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.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forties, 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 Forties 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 Forties.
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 | Forties |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Lunenburg |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 44.731581 |
| Longitude | -64.567619 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | B0R |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | CAMOV |
Forties is a community in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Forties is located at 44.7316°N, 64.5676°W.
Forties sits nestled within the quiet topography of the Reeves Hill, a landscape defined by the persistent, cold pulse of the Gully River. It lies 38.9 km south of Kentville, NS (from Kentville, NS: bearing 188°T), and is situated 8.8 km west of New Ross. The terrain here holds a particular weight, where the damp, granite-flecked earth meets the low-hanging light of a Nova Scotian afternoon. Veinot Lake rests nearby, its surface often mirroring the heavy, slate-colored clouds that drift over the surrounding woodlands. The water of the Gully River moves with a deliberate, singular purpose, carving through the rise of the land as if searching for a deeper path. Even when the air turns sharp and biting, the silence across the ridges feels heavy with an ancient, untroubled expectation. The history of Forties reflects a long relationship with the stubborn, rock-strewn geography that demands much of those who work it. Agriculture and forestry have long provided the marrow for local life, with small-scale operations persisting against the encroaching thicket of spruce and pine. Skerry Falls lies a distance away, a reminder of the raw energy that runs through these hidden corners of the province. Life in Forties moves according to the demands of the seasons, where the turning of the leaves or the first frost dictates the urgency of the day. It is a quiet persistence, found in the way woodsmoke rises against the horizon and the way the shadows lengthen across the clearings, leaving the land to settle into a cold and watchful rest.
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Explore Forties, 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: 44.731581, -64.567619. 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 Forties includes the postal code (B0R), 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 Forties 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) |