Explore Cap-à-la-Baleine, 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 Cap-à-la-Baleine, 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 Cap-à-la-Baleine 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 Cap-à-la-Baleine.
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.
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| Place | Cap-à-la-Baleine |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Félicité; La Matanie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.919444 |
| Longitude | -67.259167 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4W |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMWYP |
Cap-à-la-Baleine is a hamlet in Sainte-Félicité; La Matanie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Cap-à-la-Baleine is located at 48.9194°N, 67.2592°W.
Cap-à-la-Baleine holds its position along the rugged edge of the St. Lawrence, where the Côte à Marguerite rises in steep, quiet gradients toward the sky. It lies 21.6 km east-north-east of Matane, QC (from Matane, QC: bearing 67°T), and is situated 6.7 km west-south-west of Grosses-Roches. The light here possesses a singular, cold clarity, particularly at dusk when the surface of the St. Lawrence turns the color of hammered lead and the air grows sharp with the scent of salt and damp stone. Inland, the terrain reaches toward the shelter of the interior, where the stillness of Lac Bouchard sits six kilometers away, cradled by the surrounding woods. Further out, the landscape finds its drainage in the Petite rivière Matane, which winds its path through the lower reaches some twelve kilometers from the shore. This is a country of abrupt transitions, where the vast, restless movement of the water meets the solid, enduring composure of the land. The history of Cap-à-la-Baleine resides in the long-standing labor of those who have navigated the shore, drawing their living from the sea and the seasonal cycles of the coast. Agriculture and maritime trade once dictated the pace of life, keeping the inhabitants attuned to the shifting winds and the demands of the tide. Today, the local character retains a reserve that reflects the isolation of the coastline, favoring a quiet persistence over the noise of modern expansion. People move through their days with a focus on the immediate, practical realities of the climate and the terrain, finding a steady order in the repetitive, heavy work of maintenance and seasonal preparation. Even now, the horizon remains the primary marker of distance, reminding all who stay that Cap-à-la-Baleine is defined by its long, unwavering gaze toward the open water.
Cap-à-la-Baleine se déploie avec une retenue silencieuse sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le Côte à Marguerite offre ses terres à la respiration des marées. Le paysage s'étire dans une lumière délavée, propre aux espaces ouverts du bas du fleuve, tandis que la Petite rivière Matane serpente à une douzaine de kilomètres, apportant une fraîcheur qui semble descendre des terres intérieures. Non loin, le Lac Bouchard se blottit dans un repli du terrain, offrant un miroir immobile à la course des nuages. L'existence à Cap-à-la-Baleine se définit par ce rapport direct aux éléments, une persévérance qui a su apprivoiser l'âpreté du climat maritime et la rudesse du sol. Les activités humaines, tournées vers les gestes simples de la terre et le rythme des eaux salées, conservent une mesure ancienne, comme si le temps lui-même s'ajustait au mouvement lent des vagues contre le rivage. Dans cet espace où le ciel occupe une place prépondérante, la rigueur de l'hiver et la brièveté des étés forgent un caractère fait de patience et d'observation. Chaque maison, chaque clôture, semble tenir sa place avec une humilité nécessaire, acceptant de se laisser façonner par les vents dominants qui balayent inlassablement cette côte tourmentée par l'immensité du large.
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Explore Cap-à-la-Baleine, 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: 48.919444, -67.259167. 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 Cap-à-la-Baleine includes the postal code (G4W), 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 Cap-à-la-Baleine 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) |