Explore La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges, 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 La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges, 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 La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges 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 La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges.
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 | La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier; |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.38016 |
| Longitude | -70.948883 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0A |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESYPR |
La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges is a locality in Lac-Jacques-Cartier; , Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges is located at 47.3802°N, 70.9489°W.
La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges commands a rugged corner of the landscape where the terrain rises sharply near the Côte des Bœufs. It lies 33.7 km west-south-west of Baie-Saint-Paul, QC (from Baie-Saint-Paul, QC: bearing 259°T), and is situated 29.8 km west-north-west of Petite-Rivière. The Rivière des Neiges defines the character of this terrain, carving a path through the dense, shadowed timber that clings to the steep slopes. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic blue, catching the surface of the river as it pulls the chill of the highlands downward. Lac Scotty sits quietly in the nearby basin, a still mirror reflecting the heavy conifers that dominate the horizon, while the distant boundaries of Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier mark the vast, wild expanse beyond these immediate ridges. The presence of La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges persists as a quiet sentinel of the northern woods, reflecting a long history of navigation through these difficult, forested reaches. Local activity remains tied to the seasonal pulse of the river and the demands of the surrounding bush, where the air smells perpetually of damp needles and cold stone. Life here does not favor haste, demanding instead a steady, deliberate movement through the thickets and along the riverbanks. The stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the shifting of the wind through the canopy, a sound that serves as the primary language of the region for those who dwell within its reach.
La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges s’étire avec une humilité grave sur les rives de la Rivière des Neiges, là où l’air se refroidit dès que le soleil décline derrière les reliefs abrupts. Ce secteur, voisin immédiat de la Côte des Bœufs, semble retenir le souffle du vent qui descend des hauteurs sauvages pour caresser l’eau sombre de la rivière. À peine distant de deux kilomètres, le Lac Scotty ajoute sa présence silencieuse à ce domaine minéral, tandis que le vaste Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier, situé à une trentaine de kilomètres, impose sa stature monumentale à l’horizon. Dans La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges, la lumière du crépuscule dépose sur les berges une teinte cuivrée qui transforme chaque pierre et chaque courbe du terrain en une matière presque palpable. Les activités humaines, discrètes, s’harmonisent ici avec le rythme lent des courants et la rudesse du sol québécois, offrant aux rares visiteurs une quiétude que seule la nature sauvage peut octroyer. La terre porte en elle le souvenir des passages anciens, une mémoire simple qui se lit dans la texture des bois et le murmure constant de la Rivière des Neiges, faisant de cet espace une halte où le temps semble suspendu dans l’attente d’un hiver toujours proche.
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Explore La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges, 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: 47.38016, -70.948883. 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 La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges includes the postal code (G0A), 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 La Barrière-du-Lac-des-Neiges 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) |