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South Wallace Bay Nova Scotia Map

Explore South Wallace Bay, 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 South Wallace Bay, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This South Wallace Bay, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for South Wallace Bay, 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 South Wallace Bay 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 South Wallace Bay.

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.

PlaceSouth Wallace Bay
TypeLocality
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationCumberland
CountryCanada
Latitude45.818973
Longitude-63.55829
Postal Code (FSA)B0M
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceTown
CGN IDCBJTD

About South Wallace Bay, Nova Scotia

South Wallace Bay is a locality in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a town. South Wallace Bay is located at 45.8190°N, 63.5583°W.

South Wallace Bay cradles the Atlantic coast, where the salt-heavy air settles against the land like a fine, cooling mist. It lies 43.0 km east-north-east of Springhill, NS (from Springhill, NS: bearing 64°T), and is situated 8.6 km east-south-east of Pugwash. The terrain rises toward the shadow of Swallow Hill, a landmark that defines the horizon and holds the gaze of those watching the tide pull back from the shore. The Wallace River winds through this low-lying stretch, its currents carrying the taste of the sea inland to meet the stillness of the coast. Only a kilometer away, the waters of Simpsons Lake rest in a quiet basin, reflecting a sky that often turns the bruised purple of a ripening plum as the sun dips behind the rise of the landscape. Here, the earth feels porous and damp, a place where the edges between the solid ground and the encroaching brine blur under the weight of the changing weather. Settlement in South Wallace Bay grew from the necessity of the harvest and the bounty of the nearby waters, grounding the local economy in the cycles of the coast. Men and women have long looked to the river and the sea to sustain their livelihoods, keeping a watch on the shifting channels that dictate the movement of vessels and the success of the season. The pace of life follows the water, rising and falling with the deep, insistent breath of the Atlantic tides. While the modern world moves with a different urgency, the daily existence in South Wallace Bay persists in a deliberate, measured fashion, focused on the maintenance of the nets, the repair of the docks, and the persistent, quiet labor of those who know how to read the temperament of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area (National Wildlife Area) — 1.0 km, 293° WNW · 420 ha
  • Dochertys Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.5 km, 227° SW
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 7.6 km, 176° S
  • Angevine Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.6 km, 160° SSE
  • Fox Harbour Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 9.3 km, 080° E · 60 ha
  • Douglas Meadow Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.5 km, 162° SSE · 638 ha
  • Malagash salt mine museum (Attraction) — 18.0 km, 099° E
  • Malagash Salt Miners' Museum (Museum) — 18.1 km, 099° E
  • The Malagash Anchor (Monument) — 18.4 km, 098° E
  • Blue Sea Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 19.0 km, 097° E · 202 ha
  • Wentworth Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 21.0 km, 182° S · 143 ha
  • Wentworth Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.8 km, 174° S · 1,954 ha
  • Anna Swan Museum At the Creamery (Museum) — 24.3 km, 120° ESE
  • Creamery Square Heritage Centre And Creamery Museum (Museum) — 24.3 km, 120° ESE
  • Sunrise Trail Museum (Museum) — 24.3 km, 120° ESE
  • Steepbank Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 25.4 km, 241° WSW
  • Oxford Blueberry (Attraction) — 27.0 km, 247° WSW
  • Amherst Shore Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 29.3 km, 300° WNW · 255 ha
  • Chase Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 30.1 km, 258° WSW · 874 ha
  • Slade Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.5 km, 247° WSW
  • Portapique River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 34.2 km, 201° SSW · 2,060 ha
  • Rushtons Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 34.9 km, 102° ESE · 19 ha
  • Polly Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.5 km, 240° WSW · 781 ha
  • 4037600 (Nature Legacy Area) — 38.1 km, 318° NW
  • River John Cenotaph (Attraction) — 39.4 km, 101° E
  • Legion Remembrance Gardens Memorial Stones (Attraction) — 40.0 km, 102° ESE
  • Economy River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 40.2 km, 226° SW · 5,495 ha
  • Gully Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 41.0 km, 134° SE · 174 ha
  • Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Area (National Wildlife Area) — 42.1 km, 330° NNW · 279 ha
  • Anne Murray Centre (Heritage Site) — 43.2 km, 244° WSW

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About This South Wallace Bay Map Page

Explore South Wallace Bay, 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: 45.818973, -63.55829. 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 South Wallace Bay 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 South Wallace Bay 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)