Explore L'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile, 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'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile, 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'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile 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'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile.
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'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | L'Île-d'Anticosti; Minganie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.793056 |
| Longitude | -63.548333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ERAZI |
L'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile is a locality in L'Île-d'Anticosti; Minganie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. L'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile is located at 49.7931°N, 63.5483°W.
L'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile rests upon the rugged, wind-swept northern edge of the St. Lawrence, where the vastness of the water meets the resilient limestone of the coast. It lies 50.4 km south of Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC (from Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC: bearing 176°T), and is situated 5.4 km east-south-east of Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile. The salt-heavy air here carries a sharp clarity, illuminating the low-lying scrub and dense boreal thickets that define the immediate horizon. Inland, the landscape shifts toward the quiet, shadowed basin of Lac de la Tour, located about 4 km away, while the persistent flow of the Rivière à l'Huile tracks a path about 5 km distant. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light catches the metallic glint of exposed stone, turning the grey shoreline into a surface that seems to hum with the low, steady vibration of the tides. Economic life in L'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile draws its character from the isolation of the Minganie region, where the extraction of resources and the stewardship of the wilderness dictate the pace of every season. Traditions here are shaped by a deep familiarity with the elements, as the inhabitants navigate a life defined by the necessity of preparation for the winter freeze and the brief, intense abundance of the coastal summer. Beyond the reach of dense urban centers, the local identity persists in the quiet endurance of those who work the land and the surrounding waters, finding a grounded purpose in the stark, unadorned beauty of the island. The solitude of the terrain encourages a deliberate way of moving through the days, where the sound of the wind across the open rock often serves as the primary companion to human labor.
L'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile se déploie avec une lenteur majestueuse sur les rives austères du Saint-Laurent, là où l'air chargé d'embruns semble figer chaque instant dans une lumière opaline. À quelques kilomètres, la Rivière à l'Huile serpente dans une solitude minérale, tandis que le Lac de la Tour se dissimule derrière une crête silencieuse, offrant aux rares observateurs le miroir immobile de ses eaux sombres. La terre, façonnée par les vents impétueux de Minganie, porte en elle la rigueur de ceux qui ont choisi de s'établir sur ces promontoires balayés par les marées. L'économie, longtemps dictée par la rudesse du climat et les exigences du littoral, se manifeste aujourd'hui dans une simplicité dépouillée, loin de l'agitation des grands centres. Les habitants de L'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile entretiennent une relation quasi charnelle avec cet espace où chaque pierre, chaque craquement de la glace au crépuscule, raconte une persévérance silencieuse. Il émane de ce paysage une mélancolie particulière, une retenue qui force le respect, soulignant combien la présence humaine ici demeure une négociation constante avec la puissance brute de l'eau et du ciel boréal.
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Explore L'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile, 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: 49.793056, -63.548333. 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'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile includes the postal code (G4X), 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'Avion-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile 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) |