Clearwater Bay Ontario Map

About Clearwater Bay, Ontario

Clearwater Bay is a locality in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Clearwater Bay is located at 49.7121°N, 94.8089°W.

Clearwater Bay lies nestled within a vast expanse of Precambrian Shield, a place where granite outcrops, smoothed by millennia of glacial action, tumble down to meet the cool, clear waters of Lake of the Woods. It lies 22.5 km west-south-west of Kenora, ON (from Kenora, ON: bearing 255°T), and is situated 3.4 km east of Granite Lake. The air here carries the sharp, clean scent of pine and balsam fir, a fragrance that deepens with the encroaching twilight when the sun bleeds across the western sky, painting the granite in hues of rose and amber. Islands, like scattered emeralds, dot the lake’s surface, their shores fringed with a dense, dark green, a living mosaic against the shimmering expanse of blue. The terrain is rugged yet inviting, a landscape that whispers of ancient forces and a quiet, enduring beauty. The history of Clearwater Bay is deeply intertwined with the fur trade and the subsequent arrival of settlers drawn by the promise of timber and minerals. Indigenous peoples have long called these lands home, their stories and traditions echoing in the rustle of leaves and the call of loons across the water. The local economy, once heavily reliant on logging and mining, now finds its pulse in tourism, with anglers and nature lovers drawn to the pristine wilderness and the abundant fish. The scattered cottages and marinas, often built with local timber, speak to a lifestyle that embraces the natural world, a rhythm dictated less by clocks and more by the changing seasons and the reliable bounty of the lake.

About This Clearwater Bay Map Page

Explore Clearwater 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: 49.7121, -94.80886. 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 Clearwater Bay includes the postal code (P0Y), 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 Clearwater 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.