Explore Dinorwic, Ontario, 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.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dinorwic, Ontario. 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 Ontario or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Dinorwic 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 Dinorwic.
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.
| Place | Dinorwic |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | Ontario (ON) |
| Location | Kenora |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.691667 |
| Longitude | -92.495556 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | P8N |
| Area Code | 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | FDGWC |
Dinorwic is a locality in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Dinorwic is located at 49.6917°N, 92.4956°W.
Dinorwic rests upon the northern edge of Wabigoon Lake, where the vast, dark water mirrors a sky that seems to press closer to the earth than anywhere else. It lies 26.2 km east-south-east of Dryden, ON (from Dryden, ON: bearing 112°T), and is situated 8.5 km east-south-east of Wabigoon. The air here holds a crisp, boreal sharpness, carrying the scent of pine needles and damp stone as the light of dusk lingers long over the shoreline. To the north, the terrain rises into rugged, ancient rock, while the nearby Wabigoon River winds through the landscape about 9 km away, carving a path through the dense, resilient timber. For those seeking the quiet grandeur of the bush, Aaron Provincial Park lies about 14 km away, offering a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the call of a loon or the shift of wind through the boughs. Further afield, the mist of Walker Falls hangs in the air about 18 km away, a hidden fracture in the landscape that draws the eye toward the deeper, wilder reaches of the Canadian Shield. The history of Dinorwic remains bound to the movement of timber and the iron lines of the railway, which once served as the primary arteries for those settling this demanding terrain. Local life relies on the persistence of the seasons, where the economy shifts between the needs of the forest and the short, intense cycles of the northern summer. People here move with a steady, deliberate purpose, acknowledging the weight of the winters and the brief, golden explosion of autumn that turns the woods into a fire of birch and aspen. While modern conveniences reach into these reaches, Dinorwic retains a stubborn independence, defined by the proximity of the wilderness and the way the light catches the ripples of Wabigoon Lake at the end of a working day. The land demands a particular kind of attention, rewarding those who understand that the true character of the place is found in the way the shadows grow long against the trees, grounding the spirit in the quiet, unyielding reality of the north.
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Explore Dinorwic, 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: 49.691667, -92.495556. 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 Dinorwic includes the postal code (P8N), 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.
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 Dinorwic 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |