Explore Colombourg-Station, 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 Colombourg-Station, 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 Colombourg-Station 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 Colombourg-Station.
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 | Colombourg-Station |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Macamic; Abitibi-Ouest |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.777778 |
| Longitude | -79.133056 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J9Z |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ELCHT |
Colombourg-Station is a hamlet in Macamic; Abitibi-Ouest, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Colombourg-Station is located at 48.7778°N, 79.1331°W.
Colombourg-Station sits tucked within the vast, flat expanse of the Abitibi-Ouest region, where the horizon pulls the sky tight against the earth. It lies 6.2 km east-south-east of La Sarre, QC (from La Sarre, QC: bearing 122°T), and is situated 10.0 km west-north-west of Macamic. The land around Colombourg-Station is defined by the subtle, persistent presence of the Coteau Paquin, a rise in the terrain that breaks the monotony of the boreal plain. To the northeast, the waters of Lac Bourbeau rest in a quiet, dark basin, while the Rivière La Sarre traces a winding path through the surrounding lowlands about seven kilometers away. During the transition of seasons, the air turns crisp and carries the scent of damp peat and cooling silt, a stillness that settles over the fields long before the sun dips below the tree line. The light here has a sharp, northern clarity, catching the edges of the brush and the weathered surfaces of old timber structures with a cold, pale brilliance. Historically, the development of Colombourg-Station followed the clearing of dense forests for agricultural expansion, a process that demanded a persistent, manual labor from those who arrived to carve a life from the clay-heavy soil. The local economy relies on this legacy of land management, with small-scale farming and forestry operations continuing to shape the daily activities of the residents. Life here proceeds with a functional, pragmatic focus, centered on the maintenance of homesteads and the seasonal demands of the climate. The silence of the surrounding woods is rarely interrupted, save for the mechanical hum of equipment or the seasonal movement of wind across the open, harvested fields.
Colombourg-Station surgit des terres plates de l’Abitibi-Ouest, où la lumière du crépuscule semble s'attarder sur les champs défrichés avec une insistance presque charnelle. Dans cette étendue où le sol argileux dicte la rigueur du labeur, le ciel occupe une place démesurée, pesant sur les toits bas et les silos solitaires. La vie à Colombourg-Station suit le rythme lent des travaux agricoles, une existence dépouillée de tout artifice où chaque geste répété par les familles pionnières résonne encore contre le silence des grands espaces. À quelques kilomètres, le Lac Bourbeau offre une surface miroitante, presque immobile, tandis que la Rivière La Sarre poursuit son cours discret à travers le relief, marquant la terre d'une veine sombre et nourricière. Les résidents, habitués à la rudesse du climat, cultivent une fierté discrète, celle de ceux qui ont apprivoisé la forêt boréale pour y bâtir un foyer durable. Près de Coteau Paquin, le paysage se déploie sans détour, révélant une austérité magnifique où la terre, le vent et l'eau s'accordent pour définir une identité forgée par le courage des premiers défricheurs. Chaque soir, l'air devient plus vif, rappelant à quiconque s'y attarde que Colombourg-Station appartient à une contrée où la nature, sauvage et souveraine, impose sa loi immuable sur le quotidien des hommes.
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Explore Colombourg-Station, 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: 48.777778, -79.133056. 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 Colombourg-Station includes the postal code (J9Z), 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 Colombourg-Station 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) |