Explore Desmaraisville, 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 Desmaraisville, 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 Desmaraisville 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 Desmaraisville.
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 | Desmaraisville |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Eeyou Istchee Baie-James; Nord-du-Québec |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.506944 |
| Longitude | -76.189444 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8P |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGDDJ |
Desmaraisville is a hamlet in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James; Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Desmaraisville is located at 49.5069°N, 76.1894°W.
Desmaraisville rests within the vast, quiet expanse of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, where the northern light settles low and heavy against the horizon. It lies 26.8 km south-west of Waswanipi, QC (from Waswanipi, QC: bearing 217°T), and is situated 6.2 km west-south-west of Lac-Bachelor. The land surrounding Desmaraisville feels ancient, defined by the stillness of the boreal expanse and the cold, clear presence of the Petite rivière Bachelor and Lac Bachelor, both situated seven kilometers distant. Here, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity that clarifies the mind, and the ground beneath one's feet seems to hold the memory of shifting ice and persistent stone. Even in the height of summer, the shadows cast by the trees possess a density that anchors the landscape, grounding the observer in a world where the horizon is the only true boundary. Decades of mineral exploration have defined the character of Desmaraisville, grounding its identity in the stubborn, demanding work of extracting value from the stubborn earth. The local economy persists as a reflection of this industrial legacy, maintaining a steady, functional posture in the face of the immense northern wilderness. Residents move with a deliberate purpose, familiar with the weight of equipment and the isolation that defines life in this region. The heritage of the land remains visible in the quietude of the surroundings, where the silence is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, watchful presence that dictates the pace of each passing day.
Desmaraisville surgit des terres vastes et silencieuses de Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, offrant une présence austère sous le ciel boréal. À sept kilomètres de là, le Lac Bachelor déploie ses eaux sombres comme un miroir immobile, tandis que la Petite rivière Bachelor poursuit sa course discrète à travers le sol rocailleux. L'air y possède cette pureté glaciale qui semble figer le monde dans une attente perpétuelle. Jadis animée par l'ardeur de l'exploitation minière, Desmaraisville conserve les vestiges de cette ambition humaine qui a tenté de dompter la forêt dense pour en extraire les richesses enfouies. La lumière du crépuscule y décline avec une lenteur mélancolique, étirant les ombres des sapins sur un terrain où la nature reprend lentement ses droits sur les infrastructures oubliées. Les habitants, marqués par la rudesse des hivers et la solitude des espaces immenses, vivent selon le rythme imposé par les éléments. Ici, le silence n'est jamais vide ; il est habité par le murmure du vent qui balaye les étendues sauvages, rappelant à quiconque s'aventure dans ces latitudes la fragilité des entreprises humaines face à la permanence des eaux du Lac Bachelor et au cours infatigable de la Petite rivière Bachelor.
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Explore Desmaraisville, 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: 49.506944, -76.189444. 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 Desmaraisville includes the postal code (G8P), 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 Desmaraisville 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) |