Explore Morson, 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 Morson, 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 Morson 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 Morson.
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 | Morson |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Ontario (ON) |
| Location | Rainy River |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.09559 |
| Longitude | -94.32097 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | P0W |
| Area Code | 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | FAYES |
Morson is a locality in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Morson is located at 49.0956°N, 94.3210°W.
Morson sits in quiet repose upon the rugged, cedar-fringed shoreline of Lake of the Woods, where the horizon dissolves into an expansive grey-blue shimmer. It lies 43.3 km south-west of Whitefish Bay, ON (from Whitefish Bay, ON: bearing 218°T), and is situated 29.8 km west-south-west of Crow Lake. The Big Grassy River spills its dark, tannin-stained waters into the lake, carrying the heavy scent of damp earth and pine needles toward the open water. When the light of dusk hits the surface, the lake turns the color of hammered pewter, reflecting a sky that feels vast and indifferent to the small, sturdy docks lining the banks. Life in Morson follows the seasonal shifts of the ice and the thaw, a reality shaped by the persistent presence of the Big Grassy River that carved its path through the bedrock long before any settlement took root. While Lake of the Woods Provincial Park remains twenty-four kilometers away, the wild, unkempt character of that protected land mirrors the spirit of the immediate surroundings, where the wind pushes through the reeds with a low, mournful whistle. Historically, Morson grew from the labor of those who drew their living from the timber and the deep, cold waters of the lake, establishing a tradition of self-reliance that persists in the local economy today. Families here have spent generations navigating the shifting channels and rocky shoals, finding a steady livelihood in the bounty of the water and the quiet demands of the wilderness. The culture of Morson reflects an Indigenous heritage that honors the complex relationship between the people and the land, a connection maintained by those who still know the secret eddies of the Big Grassy River. Visitors often arrive seeking the solitude found in the vast, shadowed bays, yet they find that Morson holds its own weight, anchored not by industry or grand monuments, but by the slow, deliberate work of maintaining a life at the edge of such immense, restless water.
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Explore Morson, 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: 49.09559, -94.32097. 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 Morson includes the postal code (P0W), 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 Morson 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) |