Shawmere Ontario Map

About Shawmere, Ontario

Shawmere is a locality in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Shawmere is located at 48.3394°N, 82.5421°W.

Shawmere sits nestled within the rugged, pine-shadowed expanse of the Canadian Shield, where the Shawmere River carves a quiet path through the dense northern timber. It lies 13.0 km north-west of Foleyet, ON (from Foleyet, ON: bearing 325°T), and is situated 34.3 km north-west of Kukatush. The land around Shawmere rises toward the prominent Melrose Tower Hill, a sentinel that oversees the low-lying muskeg and the thick, resilient stands of spruce and jack pine. When the late afternoon light hits the Shawmere River, the water takes on a bruised, metallic sheen, reflecting a sky that feels vast and indifferent to the passing hours. Within this solitude, the air holds a sharp, resinous chill, even in the height of summer, as if the forest exhales the long memory of winter frost. The history of Shawmere is marked by the relentless labor of the rail and the timber trade, industries that once defined the movement of people and resources through this unforgiving terrain. While the proximity to Tommyfrog Lake, just 4 km away, offers a respite of still, dark water for those who know the hidden trails, the wider region remains defined by the vast, protected expanses found 21 km away at Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park. Life in Shawmere follows the turning of the seasons, a cycle dictated by the encroaching ice and the brief, frantic growth of the boreal spring. There is a particular weight to the silence here, a quality that settles over the landscape once the machinery of the day falls quiet, leaving only the sound of wind moving through the high, tangled canopy.

About This Shawmere Map Page

Explore Shawmere, 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: 48.33943, -82.54206. 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 Shawmere includes the postal code (P0M), 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 Shawmere 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.