Waupoos Island Ontario Map

About Waupoos Island, Ontario

Waupoos Island is a locality in Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Waupoos Island is located at 43.9953°N, 76.9789°W.

Waupoos Island, a narrow spit of land reaching into the waters of Lake Ontario, offers a quiet, windswept beauty. It lies 37.7 km east-south-east of Belleville, ON (from Belleville, ON: bearing 121°T), and is situated 13.2 km east of Picton. Its shores are a mosaic of pebble beaches and low, rocky outcrops, where the persistent lapping of waves shapes the granite into smooth, worn stones. Inland, hardy pines and cedars cling to sandy soil, their branches often bent by the prevailing breezes, creating a landscape that feels both resilient and slightly melancholic. The air here carries the clean, sharp scent of freshwater and pine needles, a constant reminder of the island's intimate connection to the lake. Even in the height of summer, there’s a certain coolness that lingers, a whisper of the vast, deep water surrounding it. The history of Waupoos Island is as much about the water as it is about the land, its economy once reliant on fishing and the small-scale logging that cleared patches of its dense forest. Today, the island’s character is defined by a slower pace, a gentle ebb and flow of seasonal residents and those who have put down roots amidst its unassuming charm. The remnants of old stone foundations, barely visible beneath encroaching vegetation, hint at earlier settlements, a more robust past perhaps, now softened by time and the elements. The island’s distinctive appeal lies in this quiet resilience, a place where the grand narratives of history are reduced to whispers carried on the wind, and the present is lived out in the steady rhythm of the tides.

About This Waupoos Island Map Page

Explore Waupoos Island, 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: 43.995278, -76.978889. 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 Waupoos Island includes the postal code (K7R), 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 Waupoos Island 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.