Explore L'Anse-à-Jean, 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 L'Anse-à-Jean, 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 L'Anse-à-Jean 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 L'Anse-à-Jean.
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 | L'Anse-à-Jean |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts; La Haute-Gaspésie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.177778 |
| Longitude | -66.327222 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ENCWO |
L'Anse-à-Jean is a administrative sector in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts; La Haute-Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. L'Anse-à-Jean is located at 49.1778°N, 66.3272°W.
L'Anse-à-Jean rests against the rugged, salt-sprayed edge of the St. Lawrence, where the steep northern slopes of the Les Sauteux meet the cold, deep currents of the estuary. It lies 27.7 km east-north-east of Cap-Chat, QC (from Cap-Chat, QC: bearing 71°T), and is situated 12.8 km east-north-east of Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the high ridges to the south. Inland, the terrain rises into dense, timbered reaches where Lac à Wellie sits tucked into a quiet basin only a kilometer away, reflecting the slate-gray sky in its glassy, undisturbed surface. While the broader wilderness of Parc national de la Gaspésie waits twenty-seven kilometers further into the interior, the immediate vicinity feels defined by the constant, rhythmic pulse of the tide against the shoreline. Even the distant, rushing presence of the Rivière à la Martre Ouest, flowing some twelve kilometers to the west, seems to echo the persistent movement of the water that dominates the local horizon. Life in L'Anse-à-Jean draws its character from a long, practical relationship with the sea, reflecting a history built upon the challenges of the northern coast. The local economy persists through a grounded reliance on the bounty of the St. Lawrence, with families maintaining traditions rooted in the seasonal cycles of the maritime environment. Houses stand low against the wind, their weathered siding holding the warmth of wood stoves against the damp Atlantic air that drifts in from the gulf. The pace of existence here values the steady labor of the seasons, where the evening light lingering over the water marks the end of a day defined by the salt and the stone of the Les Sauteux.
L'Anse-à-Jean s'étire le long des rives impétueuses du Saint-Laurent, là où le relief tourmenté de la Haute-Gaspésie rencontre la profondeur insondable des eaux froides. Dans ce repli discret du littoral, la lumière du crépuscule s’attarde sur les galets, transformant le rivage en une étendue de métal gris et argenté sous le souffle constant des vents marins. À une faible distance, le calme du Lac à Wellie contraste avec l'agitation perpétuelle du fleuve, offrant un refuge paisible aux essences forestières qui peuplent les terres intérieures. Plus loin, le tracé de la Rivière à la Martre Ouest serpente à travers un terrain accidenté, tandis que les sommets lointains du Parc national de la Gaspésie dessinent une silhouette austère contre l'horizon boréal. La vie à L'Anse-à-Jean se mesure à l’aune de cette nature brute, où les activités traditionnelles se transmettent avec une lenteur respectueuse des éléments. Les habitants, façonnés par la rigueur de ce climat nordique, habitent ces espaces avec une dignité silencieuse, trouvant dans la rudesse du sol et la proximité des forêts un équilibre singulier. Chaque jour, le regard se tourne vers l'immensité bleutée qui dicte le rythme de l'existence, rappelant à tous que la terre ferme n'est ici qu'un prolongement fragile des forces sauvages qui dominent le paysage.
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Explore L'Anse-à-Jean, 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: 49.177778, -66.327222. 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 L'Anse-à-Jean includes the postal code (G4V), 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 L'Anse-à-Jean 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) |