Drefal Ontario Map

About Drefal, Ontario

Drefal is a locality in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Drefal is located at 47.2631°N, 82.0528°W.

Drefal rests within a landscape of rugged, boreal beauty, where the granite bones of the Canadian Shield emerge from carpets of spruce and jack pine. It lies 52.0 km south-south-west of Gogama, ON (from Gogama, ON: bearing 208°T), and is situated 5.6 km south-east of Biscotasing. Rolling terrain, marked by glacial erratics and the occasional exposed bedrock, slopes towards the many small lakes and muskegs that dot the horizon, their surfaces often mirroring the vast, indifferent sky. The air here carries a crispness, even in summer, a subtle testament to its northern latitude, and in the long twilight of June, the light takes on a peculiar, pearlescent quality, softening the sharp edges of the wilderness. Even the quietest moments in Drefal seem to hold a sense of waiting, as if the ancient forest itself is holding its breath. The story of Drefal is intrinsically linked to the earth beneath it, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the steady, often arduous, extraction of its mineral wealth. For decades, the pulse of Drefal beat to the rhythm of the mines, a legacy that still colours its economy and the character of its people, who possess a resilient pragmatism born of hard work and shared endeavour. While the boom times may have softened, a quiet hum of activity persists; the local economy still draws strength from resource-based industries and a growing appreciation for the natural bounty surrounding the settlement, a place where the silence of the woods is as much a part of life as the distant rumble of machinery.

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Explore Drefal, 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: 47.263056, -82.052778. 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 Drefal includes the postal code (P0M), 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 Drefal 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.