Explore Favourable Lake, 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 Favourable Lake, 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 Favourable Lake 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 Favourable Lake.
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 | Favourable Lake |
| Type | Post Office |
| Province / Territory | Ontario (ON) |
| Location | Kenora |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 53.05 |
| Longitude | -93.333333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | P0V |
| Area Code | 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905 |
| Importance | City |
| CGN ID | FBDSB |
Favourable Lake is a post office in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a city. Favourable Lake is located at 53.0500°N, 93.3333°W.
Favourable Lake rests upon the quiet, expansive edge of Sandy Lake, where the northern light settles heavy and silver against the water. It lies 1.4 km south-south-west of Sandy Lake, ON (from Sandy Lake, ON: bearing 214°T), and is situated 27.5 km south-south-east of Opasquia. The land here holds a profound stillness, defined by the low, resilient brush and the deep, dark reach of the boreal timber that guards the shoreline. Only a few kilometres away, the Stain River marks the earth, its current carving a patient path through the landscape that shapes the way the wind moves across the pines. During the long hours of a summer dusk, the air grows thin and crystalline, carrying the scent of damp moss and the cold, mineral clarity of the northern water. Life at Favourable Lake has long been shaped by the presence of mineral wealth, drawing those who seek to understand the stubborn geology beneath the surface. The economy remains linked to the extraction of resources, an industry that requires a hardened persistence against the isolation of the bush. Men and women here work with a pragmatic focus, their daily movements measured by the demands of the ground and the logistical realities of the far north. There is a singular honesty to the labor, a recognition that the prosperity of Favourable Lake depends entirely on the rhythm of the work crews and the steady, unyielding endurance of the equipment against the frost. The cultural character of Favourable Lake is defined by the deep, ancestral knowledge of the land shared by those who have lived in harmony with these waterways for generations. Traditions here are kept close, passed down through stories told when the woodstove is humming and the shadows grow long in the corners of the room. People move with an awareness of the changing seasons, respecting the way the ice claims the lake and the way the thaw brings a sudden, violent renewal to the banks of the Stain River. No grand monuments stand here, for the beauty of the region is found in the simple, stark integrity of the horizon and the quiet dignity of a life lived in accordance with the northern wild.
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Explore Favourable Lake, 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: 53.05, -93.333333. 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 Favourable Lake includes the postal code (P0V), 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 Favourable Lake 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) |