Cobalt Ontario Map

About Cobalt, Ontario

Cobalt is a town in Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Cobalt is located at 47.3992°N, 79.6806°W.

Cobalt rests in a land sculpted by ancient glaciers, where the Precambrian Shield pushes up through the soil, a rugged embrace of granite and dense boreal forest. It lies 6.0 km south-west of Haileybury, ON (from Haileybury, ON: bearing 215°T), and is situated 12.0 km south of New Liskeard. The air here, especially in the crisp mornings, carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a clean, sharp fragrance that speaks of the vast wilderness stretching out in every direction. Steep escarpments, cloaked in a tapestry of spruce and fir, plunge towards the dark, mirror-like surfaces of numerous lakes, their waters reflecting the ever-shifting moods of the northern sky. These waterways, carved by millennia of ice, are the lifeblood of the landscape, their quiet shores dotted with the occasional weathered cabin or the skeletal remains of a bygone era, hinting at a history etched not just in stone but in the very contours of the land. The genesis of Cobalt is a story of silver, a feverish rush that transformed this remote corner of Ontario into a boomtown in the early 20th century, a place where fortunes were made and lost with dizzying speed. The scars of that intense period remain, not as open wounds, but as a subtle patina on the character of the place. Old headframes, like stoic sentinels, still punctuate the skyline, silent witnesses to the veins of precious ore that once pulsed beneath the earth. Today, while the silver boom has long since faded, a quiet resilience defines Cobalt. The local economy, once solely dependent on the deep mines, has diversified, finding new life in tourism drawn by the unique history and the breathtaking natural beauty of the surrounding Timiskaming region, a beauty that can still be felt in the hushed stillness of a winter evening.

About This Cobalt Map Page

Explore Cobalt, 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: 47.399167, -79.680556. 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 Cobalt includes the postal code (P0J), 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 Cobalt 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.