Madawaska Ontario Map

About Madawaska, Ontario

Madawaska is a compact rural community in Nipissing, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Madawaska is located at 45.5012°N, 77.9904°W.

Madawaska rests in a cradle of rolling hills, where the land gently slopes towards the broad, patient expanse of the Ottawa River. It lies 24.2 km west of Barry's Bay, ON (from Barry's Bay, ON: bearing 273°T), and is situated 14.3 km north-north-east of Gunters. The air here, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries a crisp, pine-scented coolness, a testament to the vast boreal forests that press in from all sides. Fields, stitched with the pale gold of late summer crops, unfurl between stands of birch and spruce, their branches reaching like supplicants towards a sky that can shift from the palest robin’s egg blue to the deepest, bruised indigo. The silence is profound, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the sudden, piercing cry of a hawk circling high above, its shadow briefly darkening the quiet earth. This is a place shaped by the river and the enduring spirit of those who first carved a life from its shores. For generations, the rhythm of Madawaska has been tied to the timber trade, the great logs once tumbling downstream in their boisterous journey to market, a memory that still seems to echo on the water’s surface. Later, the pulp and paper mills brought a different kind of industry, a steady pulse that sustained families and fostered a close-knit character among its residents. Though the economic landscape has shifted, the legacy of hard work and resourcefulness remains, evident in the well-kept homes and the quiet pride of those who call Madawaska home. The very stone of the old buildings seems to absorb the stories of the past, a silent witness to the passage of time and the enduring strength of this northern settlement.

About This Madawaska Map Page

Explore Madawaska, 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: 45.50125, -77.99038. 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 Madawaska includes the postal code (K0J), 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 Madawaska 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.