Explore Birchton, 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 Birchton, 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 Birchton 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 Birchton.
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 | Birchton |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Cookshire-Eaton; Le Haut-Saint-François |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.374167 |
| Longitude | -71.665556 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J1M |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EFNTA |
Birchton is a hamlet in Cookshire-Eaton; Le Haut-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Birchton is located at 45.3742°N, 71.6656°W.
Birchton rests within the quiet folds of the Mont Jordan, a landscape defined by the persistent, low-slung presence of the hills that shelter the valley floor. It lies 18.1 km east of Sherbrooke, QC (from Sherbrooke, QC: bearing 101°T), and is situated 5.3 km south-west of Cookshire-Eaton. The Rivière Eaton carves a deliberate path through this terrain, its waters reflecting the pale, bruised light that settles over the fields as the sun dips behind the rising ground. Just three kilometers away, the stillness of Lac Bouchard offers a counterpoint to the movement of the river, holding the sky in a mirror of dark glass. The air here carries a crisp, mineral quality, smelling faintly of damp earth and the cooling stone of the riverbed, marking a geography that feels both settled and ancient. The history of Birchton remains tied to the hard-won clearings and the agricultural labor that first defined its boundaries within Cookshire-Eaton. While the economy has shifted from the initial demands of pioneer settlement, the land continues to support a life defined by the seasonal turning of crops and the maintenance of homesteads that look out over the Rivière Eaton. Local traditions persist in the quiet habits of the residents, who navigate the incline of the Mont Jordan with an ease born of long familiarity. Birchton retains a distinct character, one shaped by the steady, unadorned work of keeping a farm or a home in a place where the horizon is kept close by the slopes, and where the evening fog often lingers, blurring the edges of the woods and the water.
Birchton se déploie avec une modestie sereine sur les pentes du Mont Jordan, là où la terre semble retenir le souffle des matins frais. Les eaux de la Rivière Eaton serpentent à travers ce relief vallonné, offrant un murmure constant aux champs qui s’étirent sous une lumière dorée, typique de ces contrées du Haut-Saint-François. À quelques kilomètres, le Lac Bouchard dort dans une quiétude minérale, gardien discret d'un horizon que les arbres ponctuent de leurs silhouettes élancées. L’histoire de Birchton se lit dans les fondations solides de ses anciennes fermes, vestiges d’un labeur agricole qui a façonné le caractère tenace des habitants de Cookshire-Eaton. Ici, le quotidien s’ordonne selon le rythme des récoltes et le passage des brumes sur les hauteurs, loin du vacarme des grandes routes. La rudesse du climat forge une identité faite de patience et d'attachement aux terres fertiles, tandis que la clarté du crépuscule enveloppe les granges et les sentiers d’une teinte presque irréelle. Entre le Mont Jordan et les méandres de la Rivière Eaton, Birchton préserve une intimité géographique rare, invitant à contempler la permanence d'un paysage dont la beauté simple suffit à raconter tout un héritage.
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Explore Birchton, 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: 45.374167, -71.665556. 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 Birchton includes the postal code (J1M), 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 Birchton 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) |