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Meteghan River Nova Scotia Map

Explore Meteghan River, 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 Meteghan River, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Meteghan River, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Meteghan River, 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 Meteghan 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 Meteghan 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.

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PlaceMeteghan River
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationDigby
CountryCanada
Latitude44.218649
Longitude-66.141874
Postal Code (FSA)B0W
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCAYZV

About Meteghan River, Nova Scotia

Meteghan River is a community in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Meteghan River is located at 44.2186°N, 66.1419°W.

Meteghan River carves a deliberate path toward the Atlantic coast, meeting the salt air with the persistent, cool weight of a waterway born in the interior woods. It lies 3.7 km north-north-east of Meteghan, NS (from Meteghan, NS: bearing 25°T), and is situated 15.9 km east-south-east of Freeport. The landscape here holds a quiet intensity, where the dark currents of the Meteghan River pull past the rugged rise of The Boarsback before widening toward the tide. Near the banks, the air often carries a fine, cooling mist, and the light at dusk has a way of lingering on the water, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered pewter. Inland, the terrain reaches toward Seth Lake and the hidden rush of Indian Falls, where the land is defined by the dense, steady growth of spruce and the mossy persistence of the forest floor. The history of Meteghan River remains anchored to the strength of the current and the bounty of the adjacent sea, shaping an economy that has long looked to the water for its survival. Generations have built their lives around the seasonal shifts of the coast, maintaining a pragmatic focus on maritime industry and the quiet labor of the shore. Houses sit close to the road, their painted siding weathering under the persistent coastal wind, while the daily life of Meteghan River continues with the steady, predictable motion of the tides. There is a particular sharpness to the mornings here, a clarity that clarifies the horizon and reminds those who stay that the land is only a brief reprieve from the vast, encroaching Atlantic.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • St. Mary's Church-Museum (Museum) — 13.0 km, 009° N
  • Porcupine Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.5 km, 067° ENE · 974 ha
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 14.9 km, 118° ESE
  • Mavilette Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 15.1 km, 192° SSW · 43 ha
  • Hectanooga Cedar Swamp Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.4 km, 157° SSE
  • Joshua Slocum Monument (Monument) — 16.5 km, 284° WNW
  • Central Grove Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 16.7 km, 321° NW · 13 ha
  • Mariner Cruises (Attraction) — 17.3 km, 287° WNW
  • Balancing Rock (Attraction) — 17.3 km, 338° NNW
  • Welcome Aboard Whale Watching Tours (Attraction) — 17.4 km, 291° WNW
  • High Knoll Farm (Attraction) — 17.4 km, 291° WNW
  • Wentworth Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.4 km, 104° ESE
  • Islands Museum (Museum) — 19.3 km, 341° NNW
  • Lake Annis Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.9 km, 154° SSE
  • Carleton River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.2 km, 122° ESE · 919 ha
  • To the Helpless victims of abortion (Monument) — 21.6 km, 021° NNE
  • Tiddville Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.0 km, 355° N
  • Silver River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.7 km, 094° E · 5,294 ha
  • Cedar Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.2 km, 175° S
  • Sissiboo River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.1 km, 043° NE · 1,203 ha
  • Tobeatic Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 28.9 km, 090° E · 1,036 km²
  • Sloans Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 32.0 km, 146° SSE
  • Tusket River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.7 km, 136° SE · 83 ha
  • Ellenwood Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 34.7 km, 161° SSE · 114 ha
  • Tusket River Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 37.4 km, 148° SSE
  • Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia (Museum) — 42.1 km, 177° S
  • W. Laurence Sweeny Fisheries Museum (Museum) — 42.1 km, 178° S
  • Cineplex Cinemas Yarmouth (Cinema) — 42.2 km, 175° S
  • Tusket Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 47.1 km, 165° SSE · 706 ha
  • Glenwood Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 50.9 km, 156° SSE · 39 ha

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About This Meteghan River Map Page

Explore Meteghan River, 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: 44.218649, -66.141874. 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 Meteghan River includes the postal code (B0W), 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 Meteghan 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)