Maps of Movies

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Where X-Men Origins: Wolverine says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A Canadian logger, a Vegas gym, a New Orleans card game: the film was mostly made in a Sydney studio and on a shipyard island

Scenes and places

A boy's rage in 1845

James Howlett, a boy in the Northwest Territories, watches his father be murdered. Rage triggers his mutation and bone claws burst from his knuckles.

Set in Northwest Territories, Canada (1845) — A boy named James Howlett lives here when his father is murdered and his claws first appear.

The setting is given only as the Northwest Territories; no filming place is named in the sources.

Logan at the Normandy Landings

James and Victor fight through the American Civil War, both World Wars and Vietnam. The wars show that Logan survives anything and always fights beside his brother.

Set in Normandy, France (1944) — A century of war is told in flashes; one is Logan in the Normandy Landings. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Blacksmiths is a beach suburb on Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, standing in for the Normandy coast.

Filmed at Blacksmiths, New South Wales — Second unit shot the Normandy Landings flashback here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Logan the logger, 1979

Logan lives a quiet life as a logger with Kayla. Stryker and Zero turn up to say someone is killing Team X; Logan refuses to rejoin.

Set in Logging camp and home, Canada (1979) — Logan works as a logger and lives with his girlfriend Kayla Silverfox.

The sources do not name where in Canada this is set or which place stood in for it.

The bar fight with Victor

After finding Kayla's body, Logan realizes Victor did it and finds him at a bar. Victor is stronger and beats him.

Set in A bar, Canada — Logan tracks Victor to a bar and loses the fight.

No sources name this bar or its filming place.

The adamantium operation

Stryker offers Logan the strength to take revenge on Victor. Logan accepts and endures the operation that coats his bones in adamantium.

Set in Stryker's laboratory — Logan undergoes a painful operation to reinforce his skeleton with adamantium.

Fox Studios is a large studio lot in Sydney's Moore Park.

Filmed at Fox Studios Australia, Sydney — Wikipedia says most of the shooting was done at Fox Studios; it does not say which scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The farm

Logan overhears that his memory is to be erased and escapes. An elderly couple finds him cold in their barn and gives him clothes and a meal.

Set in An elderly couple's farm — Logan escapes the lab and an elderly couple take him in.

No source says where the farm was filmed; it is not tied to the New Zealand locations.

The Las Vegas boxing gym

Logan finds Wraith and Dukes at a gym. Dukes has ballooned in size and, after some persuading, tells Logan Victor is working with Stryker on the island.

Set in Boxing gym, Las Vegas — Logan locates Wraith and Dukes at a boxing gym. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Coordinates are the city centre of Las Vegas; the gym is not located.

New Orleans and Gambit

Logan and Wraith find Gambit, who knows where Stryker's island is. Victor attacks and kills Wraith.

Set in New Orleans, Louisiana — Wraith and Logan find Gambit and fight Victor. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Coordinates are the city centre; the scene's exact location is not documented.

Filmed at New Orleans, Louisiana — Wikipedia says filming continued in New Orleans; the exact streets are not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Stryker's island

Gambit leads Logan to Stryker's facility. There Logan learns Kayla is alive and that Stryker is using the captive mutants.

Set in Stryker's island facility (Three Mile Island) — Gambit takes Logan to Stryker's facility, where captive mutants are held. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Cockatoo Island is a former shipyard in Sydney Harbour whose huge buildings filled the set.

Filmed at Cockatoo Island, Sydney — Used for Stryker's facility. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Queenstown area, New Zealand — Scene not stated in sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Kitsilano Secondary School, Vancouver — Scene not stated in sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at University of British Columbia, Vancouver — Scene not stated in sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Logan / James Howlett — A mutant with bone claws and a healing factor who goes after his half-brother.
• Victor Creed — Logan's elder half-brother, violent and equally hard to kill.
• William Stryker — The major who leads Team X and later experiments on mutants.
• Kayla Silverfox — Logan's girlfriend in 1979.