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Isaacs Harbour Nova Scotia Map

Explore Isaacs Harbour, 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.

Interactive Map of Isaacs Harbour, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Isaacs Harbour, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Isaacs Harbour, 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 Isaacs Harbour 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 Isaacs Harbour.

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.

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PlaceIsaacs Harbour
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationGuysborough
CountryCanada
Latitude45.179381
Longitude-61.659855
Postal Code (FSA)B0H
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCARPA

About Isaacs Harbour, Nova Scotia

Isaacs Harbour is a community in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Isaacs Harbour is located at 45.1794°N, 61.6599°W.

Isaacs Harbour rests where the land leans toward the Atlantic, its shores defined by the quiet rising of Quinces Hill and the steady pulse of the Isaacs Harbour River. It lies 25.6 km east of Sherbrooke, NS (from Sherbrooke, NS: bearing 81°T), and is situated 9.5 km north-north-east of Port Bickerton. The light at dusk here possesses a particular clarity, catching the salt-mist as it moves across the water to settle upon the slopes of the hill, turning the coastal grasses a deep, bruised violet. Inland, the terrain holds a rugged, unyielding patience, with Crane Lake tucked into the timbered folds of the landscape about 4 km away. Further along, the salt-heavy air clears near Salsman Provincial Park, some 11 km distant, where the forest meets the sea in a slow, deliberate conversation of stone and tide. Life in Isaacs Harbour has long followed the pull of the water, shaped by the cycles of the fishery and the quiet persistence of those who call these rocky banks home. The economy retains a lean, practical edge, reflecting a history of industry that once drew its strength directly from the earth and the deep-water harbour itself. Walking the shoreline, one can still sense the echoes of a time when the harbour served as a vital artery for the region, its docks humming with the movement of goods and the arrival of vessels from the open sea. Today, the pace of the day is dictated by the turning of the tides and the shifting winds, allowing the character of Isaacs Harbour to remain defined by the stoic, salt-weathered beauty of its own geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Guysborough Headlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.4 km, 146° SE · 3,013 ha
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 7.7 km, 350° N
  • Big Plains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.6 km, 273° W · 2,118 ha
  • Loon Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.7 km, 024° NNE
  • Country Island National Wildlife Area (National Wildlife Area) — 12.5 km, 133° SE · 21 ha
  • New Harbour Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 16.1 km, 089° E · 29 ha
  • Bonnet Lake Barrens Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.7 km, 064° ENE · 104 km²
  • Ogden Round Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.2 km, 002° N · 5,469 ha
  • Archibald Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.6 km, 279° W · 687 ha
  • Tor Bay Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 24.2 km, 088° E · 13 ha
  • St. Mary's River Association Education And Interpretive Centre (Museum) — 24.9 km, 263° W
  • St. Mary's River Association Salmon Musuem (Museum) — 24.9 km, 263° W
  • Sherbrooke Village (Museum) — 25.8 km, 261° W
  • Old Court House (Museum) — 26.6 km, 028° NNE
  • Guysborough Historical Society (Heritage Site) — 26.6 km, 028° NNE
  • Prince Henry Sinclair Monument (Monument) — 26.9 km, 046° NE
  • Tobacco Island Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.4 km, 228° SW
  • Place Savalette (Viewpoint) — 35.5 km, 077° ENE
  • Sons of Martha Cairn, Guysborough Railway (Attraction) — 42.0 km, 298° WNW
  • Commercial Cable (Historic Ruins) — 52.1 km, 071° ENE
  • Cineplex Cinemas Antigonish (Cinema) — 55.7 km, 332° NNW
  • Riverside International Speedway (Attraction) — 56.5 km, 319° NW
  • Troy Station Ceilidh-Trail Access (Attraction) — 59.4 km, 017° NNE
  • Friends United International Convention Centre (Public Artwork) — 65.3 km, 037° NE
  • Louisdale Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 66.4 km, 044° NE
  • Glencoe Veterans Honour Roll (Attraction) — 74.5 km, 291° WNW

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About This Isaacs Harbour Map Page

Explore Isaacs Harbour, 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: 45.179381, -61.659855. 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 Isaacs Harbour includes the postal code (B0H), 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 Isaacs 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.

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)