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Mabou Harbour Nova Scotia Map

Explore Mabou 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 Mabou Harbour, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Mabou Harbour, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mabou 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 Mabou 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 Mabou 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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PlaceMabou Harbour
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationInverness
CountryCanada
Latitude46.084909
Longitude-61.419652
Postal Code (FSA)B0E
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCAWDA

About Mabou Harbour, Nova Scotia

Mabou Harbour is a community in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Mabou Harbour is located at 46.0849°N, 61.4197°W.

Mabou Harbour rests where the salt air of the Atlantic coast meets the steady, dark currents of the Northeast Mabou River. It lies 18.4 km south-south-west of Inverness, NS (from Inverness, NS: bearing 208°T), and is situated 2.5 km north-west of Mabou. The landscape surrounding Mabou Harbour is defined by the rise of the Green Hill, a sentinel that oversees the transition from inland slopes to the jagged edge of the sea. Light at dusk clings to the water here, turning the tidal channels into ribbons of hammered pewter that shift with the turning tide. Only four kilometres away, the land grows quiet within the boundaries of Mabou Provincial Park, where the wind pushes steadily against the trees and the salt spray carries the scent of cold stone and deep water. The lifeblood of Mabou Harbour has long been tied to the water, drawing its character from the traditional industries of fishing and small-scale agriculture that have persisted through the generations. The people maintain a quiet endurance, moving through their days with the pragmatic focus of those who understand the temper of the coast. Cultural traditions remain strong, grounded in a heritage that values the weight of a spoken story and the steady continuity of a life lived alongside the river. Even as the modern world turns, Mabou Harbour keeps its own time, measured not by clocks but by the seasonal migration of the tides and the long, pale shadows that stretch across the fields when the sun begins to fail.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • An Drochaid (Museum) — 2.6 km, 124° ESE
  • Allan J. MacEachen (Monument) — 2.7 km, 160° SSE
  • Strathspey Performing Arts Centre (Theatre) — 2.7 km, 160° SSE
  • West Mabou Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 2.8 km, 260° W · 275 ha
  • Cape Mabou Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.1 km, 018° NNE · 1,457 ha
  • Glendyer Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.8 km, 084° E
  • MacFarlane Woods Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.8 km, 153° SSE
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 12.1 km, 188° S
  • Southwest Mabou River Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.3 km, 173° S
  • Port Hood Station Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 12.6 km, 223° SW · 17 ha
  • Black River Bog Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.6 km, 051° NE
  • Ainslie Point Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 17.8 km, 060° ENE · 38 ha
  • Inverness Memorial Consolidated Hospital (Attraction) — 18.1 km, 029° NNE
  • Inverness Miners Museum (Museum) — 18.3 km, 028° NNE
  • Trout Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.7 km, 093° E · 186 ha
  • Bornish Hill Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.8 km, 152° SSE
  • Macdonald House Museum (Museum) — 22.1 km, 076° ENE
  • Celtic Music Interpretive Centre (Attraction) — 23.7 km, 194° SSW
  • Masons Mountain Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 25.0 km, 044° NE
  • The Skye River Trail (Attraction) — 25.5 km, 119° ESE
  • Egypt Falls Trail head (Attraction) — 25.9 km, 061° ENE
  • River Denys Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.0 km, 146° SSE
  • Whycocomagh Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 27.4 km, 117° ESE · 196 ha
  • Salt Mountain Memorial Park Hugh McLennan (Monument) — 28.4 km, 118° ESE
  • Look-Off #2 (Viewpoint) — 28.4 km, 118° ESE
  • Humes River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 28.6 km, 097° E · 3,625 ha
  • MacDonalds Pond Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.9 km, 125° SE
  • Ashfield Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 29.8 km, 142° SE
  • Sea Wolf Island National Wildlife Area (National Wildlife Area) — 32.4 km, 022° NNE · 76 ha
  • Orangedale Station Museum (Museum) — 32.5 km, 129° SE

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About This Mabou Harbour Map Page

Explore Mabou 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: 46.084909, -61.419652. 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 Mabou Harbour includes the postal code (B0E), 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 Mabou 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)