Explore L'Île-au-Pigeon, 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'Île-au-Pigeon, 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'Île-au-Pigeon 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'Île-au-Pigeon.
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'Île-au-Pigeon |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Bonne-Espérance; Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 51.400833 |
| Longitude | -57.655556 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGRVO |
L'Île-au-Pigeon is a hamlet in Bonne-Espérance; Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. L'Île-au-Pigeon is located at 51.4008°N, 57.6556°W.
L'Île-au-Pigeon stands as a solitary sentinel amidst the cold, salt-stung expanse of the St. Lawrence, defined by the rugged rise of the Colline Red Head. It lies 32.7 km west of Blanc-Sablon, QC (from Blanc-Sablon, QC: bearing 267°T), and is situated 8.7 km south-south-east of Bonne-Espérance. The air here carries a sharp, brine-heavy clarity, shifting with the light that turns the water to hammered silver as evening descends upon the coast. Inland, the landscape finds a quiet contrast in the stillness of Lac Big Pond, situated a short distance away, while the distant, steady pulse of the Rivière Saint-Paul marks the broader movement of the terrain. Life on L'Île-au-Pigeon draws its character from the proximity of these waters, where the granite shore meets the biting tides in a constant, elemental negotiation. Generations have anchored their survival to the bounty of the sea, with the local economy long shaped by the cycles of the harvest and the seasonal migration of the catch. The people who call this rocky outcrop home maintain a resilience born of necessity, favoring the practical wisdom of those who know exactly how the wind behaves before a storm. Traces of early maritime industry linger in the weathered docks and the quiet corners of the shoreline, reflecting a history defined by the relentless work of the tides. Even today, the silence of the Canadian north settles deep into the island, punctuated only by the cries of gulls and the rhythmic lap of the St. Lawrence against the stone.
L’Île-au-Pigeon se dresse avec une austérité tranquille sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le regard s’épuise à chercher une limite entre le gris des eaux et le ciel bas de la Colline Red Head. À quelques lieues de là, la Rivière Saint-Paul trace son chemin vers l’estuaire, tandis que le Lac Big Pond garde en silence les reflets changeants des aurores boréales et des brumes matinales. La terre, ici, impose une rigueur que les hommes ont apprise à apprivoiser par la patience des gestes maritimes et la modestie des habitations tournées vers le large. L’air marin, imprégné d’une fraîcheur qui ne pardonne guère, accompagne le labeur quotidien des familles dont le destin demeure lié à la générosité imprévisible de la marée. Dans le silence qui enveloppe les rochers escarpés, L’Île-au-Pigeon dévoile une beauté dépouillée, celle d’un monde où chaque pierre et chaque courant racontent une existence tournée vers l’horizon infini. Les jours s'étirent dans une lumière dorée qui caresse la terre ferme avant de basculer dans le grand calme de la nuit boréale, laissant les traces de la vie humaine se fondre dans la majesté sauvage de ce littoral québécois.
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Explore L'Île-au-Pigeon, 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: 51.400833, -57.655556. 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'Île-au-Pigeon includes the postal code (G4T), 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'Île-au-Pigeon 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) |