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| Place | Driftwood |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | Ontario (ON) |
| Location | Cochrane |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.141389 |
| Longitude | -81.382778 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | P0N |
| Area Code | 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | FAZTC |
Driftwood is a locality in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Driftwood is located at 49.1414°N, 81.3828°W.
Driftwood sits low and quiet against the North Driftwood River, where the dark, insistent current carries the scent of damp earth and crushed spruce needles. It lies 23.3 km south-east of Smooth Rock Falls, ON (from Smooth Rock Falls, ON: bearing 131°T), and is situated 23.5 km west of Cochrane. The air here holds a persistent, cooling clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding boreal woods. Within this expanse, Bower Lake rests in a hollow of grey stone and moss less than a kilometer from the riverbank, its surface mirroring the vast, pale sky of the north. To the east, the sprawling greens of Greenwater Provincial Park offer a sanctuary of deep, undisturbed pine, while the distant, rushing energy of Charpentier Falls pulses like a hidden heartbeat against the silence of the terrain. History in Driftwood clings to the rhythm of the seasons and the stubborn persistence of those who worked the rugged clay soil. The local economy relies on the steady pulse of forestry and the quiet yield of northern agriculture, trades that demand a patient understanding of the frost and the thaw. Life in Driftwood moves with the deliberate pace of a long winter, where the warmth of a woodstove becomes the true center of the household as the light fades into a bruised, indigo dusk. Men and women here share a heritage shaped by the resilience of the land, finding value in the solitude that the northern wilderness provides. Even as the modern world shifts, the daily habits of Driftwood stay rooted in the necessity of the river and the vast, quiet endurance of the woods.
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Explore Driftwood, 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: 49.141389, -81.382778. 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 Driftwood includes the postal code (P0N), 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 Driftwood 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 | August 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |