Explore Bull Pen, 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 Bull Pen, 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 Bull Pen 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 Bull Pen.
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 | Bull Pen |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier; La Jacques-Cartier |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.926944 |
| Longitude | -71.456389 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G3G |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EKUZC |
Bull Pen is a locality in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier; La Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Bull Pen is located at 46.9269°N, 71.4564°W.
Bull Pen sits quietly tucked within the rugged folds of the Colline Stony Ridge, where the earth rises in broken, ancient shoulders above the Rivière Jacques-Cartier. It lies 20.3 km north-north-west of Vieux-Cap-Rouge, QC (from Vieux-Cap-Rouge, QC: bearing 338°T), and is situated 13.0 km west of Lac-Beauport. The water moves with a persistent, cold clarity, carving a path through the valley that dictates the slow habits of the land. Here, the air holds a sharpness that bites at the edges of the afternoon, and when the light begins to fail, the shadows stretch long and violet against the granite slopes. Lac Ferré rests nearby, a still mirror reflecting the heavy boughs of spruce and fir that crowd the banks, while the distant, rushing presence of Chutes du Vieux Moulin hums just beyond the immediate horizon. Life in Bull Pen finds its cadence in the seasonal turning of the woods and the demanding, steady work of managing a landscape that does not yield easily to human intent. Historically, the reach of the Rivière Jacques-Cartier provided a vital vein for transport, shaping the way people settled along the uneven terrain of the Colline Stony Ridge. Today, the local economy remains focused on the quiet extraction of timber and the maintenance of the wilder stretches of the valley, keeping the pace of the day aligned with the sun and the weather. There is a particular stillness in the mornings here, a heavy, damp silence that settles over the stones before the first sound of an axe or an engine breaks the morning frost.
Bull Pen s’étire avec une tranquille obstination sur les flancs accidentés de la Colline Stony Ridge, là où le sol semble garder le souvenir d'une terre labourée par les premiers pionniers. Le courant de la Rivière Jacques-Cartier sculpte ce relief en contrebas, imposant son murmure constant aux ombres qui s'allongent dès que le soleil décline derrière les crêtes. À quelques kilomètres, l'immobilité du Lac Ferré offre un contraste saisissant avec l'agitation minérale des eaux vives, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes du Vieux Moulin ponctue le silence de la vallée d'une note sourde et persistante. La vie à Bull Pen suit le rythme lent de ces éléments naturels, façonnée par un climat qui exige une vigilance de chaque instant et une frugalité transmise par les générations ayant défriché ces pentes abruptes. Ici, les façades des bâtisses anciennes s'accommodent de la rudesse du terrain, révélant une architecture qui privilégie la solidité face aux vents coulis dévalant les hauteurs. Chaque habitant perçoit dans cette géographie une existence simple, dictée par la proximité des eaux et la masse imposante de la colline, transformant le quotidien en une forme de dialogue silencieux avec un paysage qui ne concède rien à la facilité.
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Explore Bull Pen, 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: 46.926944, -71.456389. 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 Bull Pen includes the postal code (G3G), 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 Bull Pen 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) |