Explore Déception, 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 Déception, 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 Déception 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 Déception.
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 | Déception |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Rivière-Koksoak; Nord-du-Québec |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 62.114722 |
| Longitude | -74.624444 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0M |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EGCHZ |
Déception is a locality in Rivière-Koksoak; Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Déception is located at 62.1147°N, 74.6244°W.
The rugged terrain of Déception rises from the harsh, high-latitude expanses of the Colline Paurngatarvialuk, where the land holds a stillness that feels older than the wind. It lies 54.1 km east of Salluit, QC (from Salluit, QC: bearing 100°T), and is situated 37.3 km north-north-east of Ippialuit. The Rivière Avaalaq carves a path through the permafrost, its waters mirroring a sky that often burns with the pale, bruised light of the long subarctic dusk. Near the quiet reaches of Lac Qungapaliup Tasinga, the ground is a resilient skin of lichen and stone, offering little cover to the stray gusts that sweep off the St. Lawrence. Here, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a reminder that the environment dictates the terms of existence with an uncompromising edge. Industry has long defined the character of Déception, as the extraction of mineral wealth draws a singular focus to the deep, hidden seams beneath the rock. The life of the site remains anchored in the labor of those who navigate the cold, their presence marked by the low hum of machinery that competes with the vast, natural silence of the north. Despite the industrial weight, there is a stark beauty in the way the light catches the metallic dust at the end of a shift, grounding the people in the reality of their surroundings. Déception persists as a outpost of endurance, where the daily routines are measured by the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons across the crags of the Colline Paurngatarvialuk.
Déception se dresse avec une austérité minérale sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le vent sculpte le visage de la terre dans un silence minéral. La lumière du crépuscule s’étire sur la Colline Paurngatarvialuk, projetant des ombres longues sur le sol rocailleux tandis que les eaux de la Rivière Avaalaq glissent vers l’horizon avec une lenteur solennelle. À quelques lieues de là, le Lac Qungapaliup Tasinga repose comme un miroir sombre sous le ciel infini du Nord-du-Québec, imposant sa présence immobile au milieu de cet espace dénudé. Déception porte en elle la rudesse des terres septentrionales, façonnée par une activité industrielle qui, loin d’effacer l’immensité sauvage, souligne la ténacité des hommes face aux éléments. Ici, chaque geste quotidien semble mesuré par l’exigence du climat, entre le fracas des roches et la fluidité glacée des courants. La vie s’organise autour de cette géographie brutale, marquée par une industrie qui puise dans la profondeur du sous-sol pour assurer sa subsistance. Dans l’air vif, chargé d’embruns et de poussière de pierre, le paysage demeure une réalité pure, dépouillée de tout artifice, où le regard se perd sans jamais trouver de repos sur les crêtes de la Colline Paurngatarvialuk.
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Explore Déception, 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: 62.114722, -74.624444. 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 Déception includes the postal code (J0M), 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 Déception 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) |