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West Green Harbour Nova Scotia Map

Explore West Green 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 West Green Harbour, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This West Green Harbour, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Green 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 West Green 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 West Green 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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PlaceWest Green Harbour
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationShelburne
CountryCanada
Latitude43.718293
Longitude-65.170746
Postal Code (FSA)B0T
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCBOEY

About West Green Harbour, Nova Scotia

West Green Harbour is a community in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. West Green Harbour is located at 43.7183°N, 65.1707°W.

West Green Harbour rests where the land concedes to the Atlantic, its shores defined by the quiet persistence of the tides and the looming presence of Canada Hill. It lies 13.2 km east-south-east of Shelburne, NS (from Shelburne, NS: bearing 112°T), and is situated 11.9 km south-south-east of Jordan Falls. The West River carves a dark, deliberate path toward the salt water, its current cooling the air that carries the scent of brine and damp stone. Along the edges of the coast, the light at dusk flattens into a bruised violet, catching the jagged silhouettes of spruce that cling to the uneven terrain. Seven kilometers inland, the stillness of Ogdens Lake provides a mirror to the sky, a hidden basin that holds the interior silence of the woods away from the restless motion of the harbour. The life of West Green Harbour has long leaned into the sea, with generations shaping their days around the harvest of the deep and the maintenance of wooden hulls. Industry here is quiet, marked by the methodical repair of gear and the seasonal arrival of boats that fill the docks with a low, rhythmic thrum. The legacy of those who first inhabited this coast remains in the way the trails align with the natural contours of the shoreline, long before the current dwellings were set into the bedrock. In the lean seasons, the people of West Green Harbour move with a deliberate focus, finding a sharp clarity in the cold, clear mornings that define the Atlantic winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Northwest Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.3 km, 017° NNE
  • Osprey Arts Centre (Theatre) — 12.9 km, 290° WNW
  • The Dory Shop Museum (Museum) — 13.1 km, 291° WNW
  • Ross-Thomson House Museum (Museum) — 13.1 km, 291° WNW
  • Shelburne Museum Complex (Museum) — 13.2 km, 291° WNW
  • Shelburne's Museums by the Sea (Museum) — 13.2 km, 291° WNW
  • Shelburne County Genealogical Society (Heritage Site) — 13.3 km, 292° WNW
  • The Islands Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 14.0 km, 288° WNW · 104 ha
  • Tidney River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.1 km, 013° NNE · 2,307 ha
  • Sable River Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 14.2 km, 031° NNE · 54 ha
  • Sable River Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Migratory Bird Sanctuary) — 15.1 km, 046° NE · 8 ha
  • Port L'Hebert Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.3 km, 052° NE
  • Bowers Meadows Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.1 km, 245° WSW · 4,014 ha
  • Sable River Gristmill (Viewpoint) — 16.7 km, 035° NE
  • Black Loyalist Heritage Centre (Heritage Site) — 17.2 km, 280° W
  • Haley Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Migratory Bird Sanctuary) — 18.8 km, 049° NE · 95 ha
  • Ghost Antler Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.9 km, 329° NNW
  • Port Hebert Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Migratory Bird Sanctuary) — 19.9 km, 048° NE · 28 ha
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 21.4 km, 260° W
  • Roseway River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.2 km, 315° NW · 1,691 ha
  • Quinns Meadow Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.2 km, 256° WSW
  • Thomas Raddall Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 23.5 km, 057° ENE · 170 ha
  • Harpers Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.4 km, 294° WNW
  • Port Joli Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Migratory Bird Sanctuary) — 26.5 km, 051° NE · 7 ha
  • Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada (National Park) — 28.6 km, 060° ENE · 2,089 ha
  • Port la Tour Bogs Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.5 km, 231° SW · 1,023 ha
  • Peppered Moon Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 29.8 km, 055° NE
  • Dunraven Bog Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 34.3 km, 004° N
  • Carters Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 35.5 km, 054° NE · 96 ha
  • Crows Neck Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 35.7 km, 222° SW

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About This West Green Harbour Map Page

Explore West Green 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: 43.718293, -65.170746. 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 West Green Harbour includes the postal code (B0T), 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 West Green 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)