Explore Kipawa, 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 Kipawa, 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 Kipawa 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 Kipawa.
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 | Kipawa |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Kipawa; Témiscamingue |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.748841 |
| Longitude | -79.051452 |
| Population | 446 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J9V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EKUML |
Kipawa is a municipality in Kipawa; Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Kipawa is located at 46.7488°N, 79.0515°W.
Kipawa rests along the brooding, expansive shore of Lac Kipawa, where the dark water mirrors the sky and anchors the rugged terrain of the Témiscamingue region. It lies 4.4 km north-east of Témiscaming, QC (from Témiscaming, QC: bearing 47°T), and is situated 0.9 km south-west of Tee Lake. The air here holds a distinct, pine-scented clarity, often cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the dense tree line to leave the surface of Lac Kipawa in a state of silver stillness. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the landscape remains vast and wild, with Parc national d'Opémican lying about 20 km away to offer a protected expanse of the natural world. Nearby, the Rivière Beauchêne carves its own path through the earth about 11 km away, contributing to a sense of fluid movement that defines the geography of the surroundings. Kipawa carries the weight of a long history rooted in the timber industry and the traditional presence of Indigenous peoples who navigated these waterways for generations. The economy of Kipawa reflects this heritage, balancing the demands of modern resource management with the seasonal fluctuations of tourism and outdoor recreation. Life in Kipawa moves with the turning of the seasons, marked by the arrival of ice in the winter and the sudden, vibrant bloom of the short northern summer. Residents find a quiet purpose in the maintenance of their homesteads and the shared stewardship of the surrounding woods, observing how the light catches the needles of the spruce at dusk with a sharpness that feels both ancient and immediate.
Kipawa s’étire sur les rives du Lac Kipawa, là où la lumière déclinante du crépuscule semble suspendre le mouvement des eaux sombres et profondes. Dans ce relief modelé par les glaciers, l’air se charge d’une humidité vive, presque métallique, qui rappelle la rigueur du bouclier canadien et la persistance des forêts boréales. À quelques encablures, la Rivière Beauchêne serpente avec une lenteur calculée, tandis que le Parc national d'Opémican impose sa présence sauvage, protégeant des terres où la mémoire des coureurs des bois et des peuples autochtones demeure palpable sous l’écorce des pins. L’économie de Kipawa, portée jadis par l’exploitation forestière, a su préserver une allure de frontière tranquille, où le bois et la pierre s’accordent au rythme des embarcations fendant la surface miroitante. Les maisons, éparpillées avec une simplicité rustique, observent les vastes étendues boréales avec une résilience héritée des bâtisseurs. La vie quotidienne se règle ici sur le battement lent du paysage, loin de l’agitation, dans une solitude habitée par le chant des huards et le murmure des pins blancs. Chaque sentier menant vers le Parc national d'Opémican invite à une redécouverte du silence, confirmant que Kipawa demeure un monde clos, protégé par l’immensité minérale de son horizon.
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Explore Kipawa, 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: 46.748841, -79.051452. 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 Kipawa includes the postal code (J9V), 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 Kipawa 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) |