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Pugwash Junction Nova Scotia Map

Explore Pugwash Junction, 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 Pugwash Junction, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Pugwash Junction, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pugwash Junction, 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 Pugwash Junction 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 Pugwash Junction.

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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PlacePugwash Junction
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationCumberland
CountryCanada
Latitude45.797029
Longitude-63.632817
Postal Code (FSA)B0M
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCBEWP

About Pugwash Junction, Nova Scotia

Pugwash Junction is a community in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Pugwash Junction is located at 45.7970°N, 63.6328°W.

Pugwash Junction holds a quiet vigil on the Atlantic coast, where the land yields to the salt-heavy air and the steady pull of the tides. It lies 36.7 km east-north-east of Springhill, NS (from Springhill, NS: bearing 64°T), and is situated 6.3 km south-south-east of Pugwash. The terrain here rises toward the slopes of Swallow Hill, providing a vantage point over the low-lying coastal reaches and the meandering course of the Wallace River. The light at dusk settles over the fields in long, amber bars, illuminating the salt marshes and the distant surface of Eel Lake, which sits a mere two kilometers from the heart of the landscape. It is a quiet geography, defined by the interplay of riverine sediment and the bracing, cool currents that define the edge of the northern sea. The history of Pugwash Junction reflects the persistence of those who settled along these waterways to harvest the timber and cultivate the stubborn, fertile soil. While the distant rush of Hannons Falls lies fifteen kilometers away, the local economy remains tied to the smaller, more immediate cycles of the river and the sea. Life in Pugwash Junction follows the seasonal turn of the weather, echoing a heritage of rural industry that values the steady maintenance of homesteads and the seasonal rhythms of the harvest. Here, the silence is punctuated by the call of shorebirds and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the wind, grounding the inhabitants in a reality that demands patience and a watchful eye on the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Dochertys Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.1 km, 152° SSE
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 2.4 km, 263° W
  • Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area (National Wildlife Area) — 3.6 km, 056° ENE · 420 ha
  • Angevine Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.8 km, 126° SE
  • Fox Harbour Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 15.6 km, 075° ENE · 60 ha
  • Douglas Meadow Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.1 km, 143° SE · 638 ha
  • Steepbank Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 km, 239° WSW
  • Wentworth Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 19.4 km, 165° SSE · 143 ha
  • Oxford Blueberry (Attraction) — 20.8 km, 247° WSW
  • Wentworth Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.5 km, 160° SSE · 1,954 ha
  • Malagash salt mine museum (Attraction) — 23.5 km, 091° E
  • Malagash Salt Miners' Museum (Museum) — 23.7 km, 091° E
  • The Malagash Anchor (Monument) — 24.0 km, 090° E
  • Chase Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 24.0 km, 260° W · 874 ha
  • Slade Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.1 km, 247° WSW
  • Blue Sea Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 24.7 km, 090° E · 202 ha
  • Amherst Shore Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 25.7 km, 311° NW · 255 ha
  • Anna Swan Museum At the Creamery (Museum) — 28.6 km, 110° ESE
  • Creamery Square Heritage Centre And Creamery Museum (Museum) — 28.6 km, 110° ESE
  • Sunrise Trail Museum (Museum) — 28.6 km, 110° ESE
  • Polly Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.2 km, 238° WSW · 781 ha
  • Portapique River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.8 km, 193° SSW · 2,060 ha
  • Economy River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 34.2 km, 223° SW · 5,495 ha
  • 4037600 (Nature Legacy Area) — 36.4 km, 327° NNW
  • Anne Murray Centre (Heritage Site) — 37.0 km, 244° WSW
  • Chignecto Isthmus Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 39.0 km, 291° WNW · 2,785 ha
  • Montrose Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 40.2 km, 187° S
  • Rushtons Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 40.3 km, 097° E · 19 ha
  • Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Area (National Wildlife Area) — 41.6 km, 338° NNW · 279 ha
  • Fort Gaspereau National Historic Site (Attraction) — 43.5 km, 309° NW

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About This Pugwash Junction Map Page

Explore Pugwash Junction, 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: 45.797029, -63.632817. 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 Pugwash Junction includes the postal code (B0M), 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 Pugwash Junction 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)