Explore Baie-des-Sables, Quebec, 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 Baie-des-Sables, Quebec. 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 Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Baie-des-Sables 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 Baie-des-Sables.
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 | Baie-des-Sables |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Baie-des-Sables; La Matanie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.721079 |
| Longitude | -67.893796 |
| Population | 613 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5H |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EFKIA |
Baie-des-Sables is a municipality in Baie-des-Sables; La Matanie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Baie-des-Sables is located at 48.7211°N, 67.8938°W.
Baie-des-Sables rests against the vast, cooling expanse of the St. Lawrence, where the land rises with intention toward the Montagne des Caron. It lies 26.5 km north-east of Mont-Joli, QC (from Mont-Joli, QC: bearing 55°T), and is situated 6.6 km north-east of Métis-sur-Mer. The air here carries a salt-sharpened clarity, moving inland to settle over the quiet surface of Lac McLauren, which sits tucked away just 3 km from the shore. The terrain holds a rugged, upright character, defined by the proximity of the Montagne des Caron and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the nearby St. Lawrence. A few kilometers to the south, the Rivière Tartigou winds through the landscape, a thin silver thread tracing the edges of the fields and woods. At dusk, the light stretches thin and pale across the slopes, catching the edges of the trees until the entire horizon seems to vibrate with the transition from day to night. Agriculture has long defined the life of Baie-des-Sables, with generations working the heavy, productive soil that clings to the slopes of the Montagne des Caron. The economy remains rooted in the land and the seasonal shifts of the St. Lawrence, maintaining a quiet persistence that ignores the frantic pace of larger centers. While the Rivière Tartigou and Lac McLauren provide a steady, grounding presence for those who live near their banks, the village itself functions with a pragmatic grace, its buildings hunkered down against the northern winds. Daily life follows the turn of the seasons, where the arrival of winter brings a profound, heavy silence, and the thaw brings the damp, fertile scent of earth waking up once more.
Baie-des-Sables s'étire avec une tranquille assurance le long des rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le regard se perd dans l'immensité bleutée des eaux salées. Dominant le littoral, la Montagne des Caron offre une assise solide à ce paysage façonné par les vents marins et une agriculture tenace qui a su apprivoiser ces terres généreuses. À quelques kilomètres, la Rivière Tartigou serpente discrètement dans les terres, tandis que le Lac McLauren repose en retrait, miroir paisible niché dans une nature aux reliefs marqués. Le climat, empreint de la rudesse bienveillante du golfe, imprime une cadence particulière à la vie quotidienne, celle des gens qui cultivent la terre tout en observant le flux incessant des marées. La lumière du crépuscule y possède une clarté presque cristalline, révélant la texture minérale des pentes et la douceur des champs qui descendent vers le fleuve. Baie-des-Sables porte en elle la mémoire de ceux qui ont défriché ces espaces, une patience héritée des ancêtres acadiens qui ont trouvé ici, entre les sommets et les courants, un port d'attache durable. Chaque lever de soleil souligne la vitalité de ce territoire où l'effort humain s'accorde, sans artifice, aux exigences d'une géographie aussi vaste qu'inspirante.
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Explore Baie-des-Sables, Quebec, 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: 48.721079, -67.893796. 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 Baie-des-Sables includes the postal code (G5H), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). 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 Baie-des-Sables 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) |