Explore Kakactanowok, 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 Kakactanowok, 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 Kakactanowok 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 Kakactanowok.
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 | Kakactanowok |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | La Tuque; Mauricie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.831944 |
| Longitude | -74.8 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EKPBO |
Kakactanowok is a locality in La Tuque; Mauricie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Kakactanowok is located at 48.8319°N, 74.8000°W.
Kakactanowok sits amidst the rugged, unyielding wilderness of La Tuque, where the earth rises into the shadowed flanks of the Colline Kaotamictikwatinacik. It lies 105.7 km south of Chapais, QC (from Chapais, QC: bearing 178°T), and is situated 17.0 km north-east of Seskatciwan. The air here carries a sharp, resinous clarity, especially as the late afternoon light flattens against the dense boreal growth, turning the needles of spruce into fine, dark needles of ink. Nearby, the Rivière Kakospictikweak moves with a persistent, cold urgency through the rocky channels, while the stillness of Lac Kamirakatcociwok offers a stark, reflective counterpoint to the movement of the currents. Kakactanowok exists in a quiet isolation, defined by the stubborn geography of the Mauricie region where the land demands a certain resilience from all that grows upon it. Indigenous heritage informs the deep history of this territory, where the names themselves hold the weight of long observation and ancestral passage through the deep woods. While the economy of this northern reach is often shaped by the cyclical demands of forestry and the seasonal pulse of the wilderness, the daily life within Kakactanowok maintains a singular focus on the changing of the light and the freeze-thaw cycles that dictate the accessibility of the interior. People here navigate the terrain with a practical knowledge of the bush, finding their way between the high ridges and the hidden basins that define this stretch of the Canadian Shield. The silence that settles between the trees after the wind dies down is absolute, a presence that defines the character of the land as much as the timber or the granite beneath the soil.
Kakactanowok s’éveille sous une lumière oblique qui semble vouloir suspendre le mouvement des ombres sur le relief accidenté de la haute Mauricie. À l’approche du crépuscule, la Colline Kaotamictikwatinacik domine ce territoire sauvage où le silence se fragmente parfois sous le passage d’une brise légère. Le sol, marqué par une rudesse ancienne, conserve la mémoire des cycles forestiers qui ont longtemps dicté la cadence des jours pour les habitants de ces terres. À environ six kilomètres, les eaux du Lac Kamirakatcociwok miroitent avec la précision d’un miroir d’argent, tandis que, plus loin, la Rivière Kakospictikweak trace son chemin sinueux à travers la forêt boréale, imposant son rythme lent et immuable au paysage. Dans le quotidien de Kakactanowok, la présence constante de ces horizons sauvages façonne une humilité particulière, celle de ceux qui vivent en contact étroit avec une nature exigeante mais généreuse. Ici, les traditions s’élaborent dans la patience, loin de l’agitation, portées par une connaissance intime des sentiers qui relient les points hauts aux vallées encaissées. L’existence y devient une forme d’art simple, exigeant seulement de savoir lire le ciel et d’écouter le bruissement des pins avant que la nuit ne recouvre définitivement les contours de la terre.
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Explore Kakactanowok, 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: 48.831944, -74.8. 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 Kakactanowok includes the postal code (G0X), 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 Kakactanowok 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) |