Explore L'Écart-du-Bras, 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'Écart-du-Bras, 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'Écart-du-Bras 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'Écart-du-Bras.
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'Écart-du-Bras |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Baie-Saint-Paul; Charlevoix |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.436138 |
| Longitude | -70.604911 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G3Z |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EPIFQ |
L'Écart-du-Bras is a locality in Baie-Saint-Paul; Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. L'Écart-du-Bras is located at 47.4361°N, 70.6049°W.
L'Écart-du-Bras rests within the quiet embrace of the Côte des Bœufs, where the land slopes toward the currents of the St. Lawrence. It lies 7.2 km west of Baie-Saint-Paul, QC (from Baie-Saint-Paul, QC: bearing 266°T), and is situated 15.2 km north of Petite-Rivière. The Rivière à Idas carves a clear, persistent path through the terrain, its cold waters reflecting the pale, shifting light of the northern sky. To the north, the presence of Lac du Pied du Mont, situated four kilometers away, suggests the hidden, deep-water basins tucked into the surrounding elevation. Even at a distance of thirty-three kilometers, the vast, protected reaches of Parc national des Grands-Jardins exert a silent influence on the local atmosphere, grounding the region in the rugged, forested character of the Charlevoix wilderness. Life in L'Écart-du-Bras follows the seasonal transitions of Baie-Saint-Paul, where the economy remains tied to the land and the endurance of its inhabitants. Long before modern roads, the proximity to the St. Lawrence shaped how resources moved and how people settled into the valley. The daily commerce here is modest and deliberate, often centering on the agricultural legacy of the Côte des Bœufs and the artisanal traditions that define this part of the world. In the evenings, when the mist rises from the Rivière à Idas, the houses seem to settle into the earth, holding onto a stillness that belongs to an older, slower way of existing.
L’Écart-du-Bras s’étire avec une humilité minérale le long des rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le Côte des Bœufs dessine une ligne de fracture entre la terre ferme et l’immensité saline. Dans cette topographie où le vent semble sculpter chaque roche, la Rivière à Idas serpente avec une insistance tranquille, apportant aux terres basses une humidité qui nourrit les racines des boisés environnants. À une distance de quatre kilomètres, le Lac du Pied du Mont repose dans un silence de pierre, observant les changements de lumière qui, lors des crépuscules d'automne, transforment les nuances du ciel en une matière lourde et cuivrée. Plus loin, à une trentaine de kilomètres, le Parc national des Grands-Jardins dresse ses silhouettes sauvages, rappelant que L’Écart-du-Bras vit sous la garde constante de ces reliefs impériaux. Les habitants, façonnés par la rudesse de ce climat nordique et par le rythme des marées, maintiennent un attachement viscéral à ce terroir agricole qui refuse de se laisser dompter. La texture du sol, chargée de sédiments et de souvenirs, porte le poids d’un labeur quotidien où chaque récolte devient une victoire contre l'âpreté des éléments. Ici, l’existence demeure soumise à la seule loi de l’eau et du roc, dans une permanence qui ignore les agitations du monde moderne.
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Explore L'Écart-du-Bras, 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: 47.436138, -70.604911. 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'Écart-du-Bras includes the postal code (G3Z), 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'Écart-du-Bras 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) |