Explore Border Beacon, 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 Border Beacon, 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 Border Beacon 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 Border Beacon.
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 | Border Beacon |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Rivière-Koksoak; Nord-du-Québec |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 55.258611 |
| Longitude | -63.671667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0G |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EKVFD |
Border Beacon is a locality in Rivière-Koksoak; Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Border Beacon is located at 55.2586°N, 63.6717°W.
Border Beacon sits amidst the austere, expansive stillness of the northern landscape, where the wind possesses a sharp, crystalline clarity that seems to sharpen the very edges of the horizon. It lies 187.1 km south-west of Nain, QC (from Nain, QC: bearing 221°T). The land here holds a profound quiet, defined by the low, resilient scrub and the pale, lichen-dusted stone that stretches toward the sky. Near the horizon, the presence of Lac Beaupré offers a stillness of its own, a mirror for the shifting, bruised light of the long northern dusk. The air carries a biting purity that settles deep in the lungs, grounding Border Beacon in a topography where the earth itself feels ancient and indifferent to the passage of human hours. The history of Border Beacon reflects a persistent endurance, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and the demands of a rugged, unforgiving frontier. In this region of Rivière-Koksoak, the life of the land is measured by the flow of water and the rare, fleeting warmth of the summer sun. The distant, steady pull of the Kanairiktok River acts as a silent artery for the wilderness, influencing the movement of life across the tundra. While the economy remains modest and focused on the necessities of survival in such a remote setting, Border Beacon retains a character forged by those who have learned to read the subtle changes in the frost and the sudden, vivid migrations of the season. Traditions here are quiet, passed down through the observation of the land, ensuring that Border Beacon keeps its own counsel against the immense, open weight of the north.
Border Beacon s'élève dans la solitude minérale du Nord-du-Québec, là où la terre semble suspendue dans une attente silencieuse sous un ciel d'une clarté tranchante. À sept kilomètres de là, les eaux du Lac Beaupré captent les reflets changeants du jour, étendant une surface plane et sombre qui contraste avec le relief tourmenté de la toundra environnante. Plus loin, à vingt-huit kilomètres, la rivière Kanairiktok poursuit son cours indifférent à travers les roches anciennes, sculptant lentement un passage dans cette immensité désolée. Le vent, qui dévale les plateaux avec une vigueur souveraine, rappelle constamment aux rares voyageurs la rudesse de ce climat subarctique où chaque structure semble défier l'érosion. La lumière du crépuscule y déploie des teintes d'ambre et de violet qui transforment le sol pierreux en un espace éthéré, presque irréel. Border Beacon demeure un repère solitaire dans ce vaste territoire, marquant une présence humaine fragile face à l'étendue sauvage. La vie s'y organise avec une sobriété nécessaire, dictée par la rigueur des éléments et la permanence de cet horizon ouvert qui ne tolère aucune futilité, imposant à quiconque s'y aventure une contemplation profonde de la matière brute et du silence.
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Explore Border Beacon, 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: 55.258611, -63.671667. 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 Border Beacon includes the postal code (G0G), 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 Border Beacon 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) |