Explore La Commune-de-Douglastown, 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 Commune-de-Douglastown, 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 Commune-de-Douglastown 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 Commune-de-Douglastown.
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 Commune-de-Douglastown |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Gaspé; La Côte-de-Gaspé |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.773056 |
| Longitude | -64.379444 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EPYCH |
La Commune-de-Douglastown is a locality in Gaspé; La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Commune-de-Douglastown is located at 48.7731°N, 64.3794°W.
La Commune-de-Douglastown rests where the salt air of the St. Lawrence meets the quiet reach of the Rivière Saint-Jean, cradled by the looming presence of Le Sugar Loaf. It lies 9.1 km south-east of Gaspé, QC (from Gaspé, QC: bearing 129°T), and is situated 0.1 km south of Douglastown. The landscape holds a sharp, clean clarity, with the water often turning the color of hammered silver under the low-slanting northern light. Inland, the terrain reaches toward the rugged boundaries of Forillon National Park of Canada, while Lac La Chesnaye sits tucked away in the quietude of the surrounding hills. La Commune-de-Douglastown feels defined by this proximity to the coast, where the horizon remains wide and the wind carries the persistent, brine-heavy scent of the tides. Established through the persistence of early settlers who sought a living between the forest and the sea, La Commune-de-Douglastown maintains a character shaped by its maritime and agricultural roots. The local economy has long shifted with the seasons, moving from the demands of the fishery to the quiet industry of the fields that fan out from the banks of the Rivière Saint-Jean. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the weather, a steady persistence that favors the practical over the ornamental. Even as the years pass, the residents of La Commune-de-Douglastown preserve a sense of isolation that feels like a deliberate choice, grounding their daily habits in the endurance of the land itself.
La Commune-de-Douglastown s’étire avec une tranquille assurance le long des rives du Saint-Laurent, là où l’air marin imprègne chaque pierre d’une salinité persistante. À proximité, l’imposante silhouette du Sugar Loaf surveille les terres, tandis que les eaux de la Rivière Saint-Jean serpentent avec une lenteur méditative vers l’estuaire. L’histoire de La Commune-de-Douglastown demeure indissociable de la patience des pêcheurs et des laboureurs qui ont su apprivoiser ce sol en bordure de la péninsule, forgeant une identité façonnée par les vents du large. À une distance de treize kilomètres, le Lac La Chesnaye repose dans un silence forestier, offrant un contraste de quiétude face à l’immensité maritime qui occupe l’horizon. Plus loin, à quatorze kilomètres, le parc national Forillon du Canada dresse ses falaises abruptes face aux assauts des marées. Le crépuscule dépose ici une lumière particulière, une teinte argentée qui semble suspendre le rythme quotidien des habitants entre la terre ferme et l’infini de l’eau. Les traditions, héritées d’un métissage culturel singulier, persistent dans les gestes simples de ceux qui continuent de vivre au rythme des courants, habitant ce rivage comme on habite une mémoire partagée avec les éléments.
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Explore La Commune-de-Douglastown, 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: 48.773056, -64.379444. 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 Commune-de-Douglastown 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 La Commune-de-Douglastown 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) |