Explore Rockville, Ontario with an interactive map featuring Street View, satellite and terrain views. Live weather, local news and location details for Rockville, Ontario, Canada.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Rockville |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | Ontario (ON) |
| Location | Manitoulin |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.82392 |
| Longitude | -82.0696 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | FCLSN |
Rockville is a locality in Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Rockville is located at 45.8239°N, 82.0696°W.
Rockville rests on Manitoulin Island, a place where the land itself feels like a slow exhale, a vast, ancient breath drawn from the Precambrian Shield. It lies 20.4 km south-south-west of Little Current, ON (from Little Current, ON: bearing 213°T), and is situated 12.8 km north-east of Mindemoya. The landscape here is a mosaic of exposed bedrock, smoothed by glaciers into rounded humps and hollows, interspersed with pockets of dark, rich soil that cradle tenacious pines and hardy maples. Low-lying wetlands, dotted with wild rice and cattails, shimmer under the wide, indifferent sky, their stillness broken only by the sudden, startled flight of a heron. The air itself carries a clean, sharp scent of pine needles and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides, even at the edge of human habitation. The story of Rockville is one of resilience, deeply entwined with the island's Indigenous heritage and the early settlers who carved a life from its rugged embrace. For generations, this land has sustained, its bounty of fish from the surrounding waters and the thin but fertile soil supporting a modest agricultural economy. While larger industries have largely bypassed this quiet corner, the spirit of self-reliance persists, evident in the small, independent businesses that dot the main road, their signs weathered by sun and wind. The faint echo of logging operations from a bygone era can still be felt, a whisper of the industry that once shaped the island's forests, and now, the gentle hum of boat engines on a summer evening speaks to a continuing connection with the water.
Loading news…
Loading news…
Loading news…
Explore Rockville, Ontario, Canada, with interactive street, satellite and terrain maps, complete with integrated Google Street View imagery. 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. Visitors can also search Google alongside Wikipedia and editorial summaries for additional local information and context.
Location data for Rockville 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 | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |