Explore Fort George, 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 Fort George, 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 Fort George 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 Fort George.
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 | Fort George |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Chisasibi; Nord-du-Québec |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 53.833333 |
| Longitude | -78.993889 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0Y |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EGJWB |
Fort George is a hamlet in Chisasibi; Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Fort George is located at 53.8333°N, 78.9939°W.
Fort George rests along the sweeping expanse of the La Grande Rivière, where the cold, dark currents pull toward the St. Lawrence with a persistent, muscular grace. It lies 8.3 km north-west of Chisasibi, QC (from Chisasibi, QC: bearing 312°T), and is situated 70.8 km south-south-east of Roggan River. The low-slung horizon of the Colline Monkey defines the skyline, rising in muted, ancient swells above the water that mirrors the pale, expansive light of the northern sky. Only four kilometers away, the still surface of Lac Mwakw offers a quiet counterpoint to the restless movement of the river, its edges fringed by hardy, wind-bent growth that clings to the rocky substrate. In the evenings, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a cooling breath that settles over the terrain and turns the water into a sheet of hammered pewter. Fort George holds the deep, resonant heritage of the Cree people, whose presence anchors the identity of the region against the vast, indifferent shifts of the climate. The local economy and daily life move in accordance with the seasons, respecting the demands of a landscape that does not yield easily to human habit. Traditional knowledge remains a vital current here, guiding the harvest and the movement of those who know how to read the subtle changes in the ice and the migrations of the land. Visitors and residents alike find that the silence is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, meaningful presence that demands a particular kind of attention to the details of the earth.
Fort George se dresse face à l'immensité boréale, là où les eaux puissantes de La Grande Rivière rencontrent les courants froids du Saint-Laurent. Sur la hauteur de la Colline Monkey, le vent sculpte une lumière crue qui souligne la résilience des structures anciennes et la persistance d’un mode de vie lié à la terre et à l’eau. À seulement quelques kilomètres de là, le Lac Mwakw demeure un miroir immobile dans ce paysage de roc et de conifères, rappelant la profondeur du territoire qui entoure Fort George depuis des générations. Les habitations, tournées vers le rivage, observent le passage des marées et le mouvement perpétuel des glaces, tandis que la mémoire des familles cris habite chaque repli du terrain. Ici, le quotidien se mesure à l’aune des cycles naturels, loin du tumulte des cités, dans une solitude qui exige une connaissance intime de la toundra et des berges. Le silence qui s'installe à la tombée du jour, lorsque le soleil décline derrière les ondulations du relief, révèle la force tranquille de ce site historique où les traditions se perpétuent avec une dignité austère, portée par le souffle constant qui balaie les espaces ouverts.
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Explore Fort George, 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: 53.833333, -78.993889. 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 Fort George includes the postal code (J0Y), 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 Fort George 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) |