Buckham's Bay Ontario Map

About Buckham's Bay, Ontario

Buckham's Bay is a locality in Carleton, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Buckham's Bay is located at 45.4978°N, 76.1008°W.

Buckham's Bay rests along the broad, shimmering expanse of the Ottawa River, its shores a mosaic of weathered granite and soft, yielding sand. It lies 21.2 km east-north-east of Arnprior, ON (from Arnprior, ON: bearing 71°T), and is situated 8.4 km west-south-west of Pontiac. The land here, gently rolling, rises from the water's edge into fields that shimmer with the gold of ripening wheat in late summer, or lie fallow under a sky that often stretches an immense, pale blue. Ancient cedars, gnarled and wind-sculpted, cling to rocky outcrops, their roots a testament to the persistent grip of life against the elements. The air, especially at dawn, carries a cool, damp breath from the river, a subtle perfume of waterweed and distant pine, and the calls of unseen waterfowl echo across the quiet waters, marking the slow, deliberate pulse of the day. This place, Buckham's Bay, has long been a crossroads, its history etched not just in the weathered wood of its older farmhouses but in the very flow of the great river that defines it. For generations, the rich soil, carved by glaciers long past, has sustained agricultural life, with families tending the land and drawing their livelihood from its bounty. While farming remains a quiet hum beneath the surface of daily life, the proximity to the wider world, facilitated by the river and later by the roads that connect it, has always offered opportunity. In times gone by, timber rafts would have been a common sight, their passage a fleeting interruption to the river's steady course, a reminder of the forest's generous, though sometimes demanding, embrace.

About This Buckham's Bay Map Page

Explore Buckham's Bay, Ontario, 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: 45.497778, -76.100833. 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. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Buckham's Bay includes the postal code (K2W), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Buckham's 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.