Explore La Gin, 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 Gin, 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 Gin 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 Gin.
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 Gin |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire; Montmagny |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.800108 |
| Longitude | -70.400283 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0R |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESLVR |
La Gin is a locality in Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire; Montmagny, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Gin is located at 46.8001°N, 70.4003°W.
La Gin rests in the quiet shadow of the Montagne aux Érables, where the land holds the weight of the seasons in its dense, cooling timber. It lies 19.3 km west-north-west of Secteur des Sentiers-Pédestres-de-Saint-Fabien, QC (from Secteur des Sentiers-Pédestres-de-Saint-Fabien, QC: bearing 297°T), and is situated 15.7 km east-north-east of Armagh. The Rivière du Moulin carves a persistent path through the terrain, its current marking the passage of hours against the stones. The light at dusk here possesses a particular silver quality, catching the mist that rises from the water before settling into the deep folds of the hills. While Lac Laflamme sits eight kilometers away, the silence surrounding La Gin remains absolute, punctuated only by the shift of wind through the canopy. Further out, the Réserve écologique Claude-Mélançon lies twenty-two kilometers distant, marking the boundary of a landscape that asks little of those who traverse it. Life in La Gin reflects the steady demands of the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire region, where the economy has long turned on the harvesting of wood and the stubborn cultivation of the soil. The inhabitants maintain a habit of looking toward the horizon, their daily work shaped by the persistent presence of the Montagne aux Érables. Traditions here are kept close, passed through the generations like a familiar tool, grounded in a respect for the rugged terrain that defines the borders of the parish. Even as the modern world shifts, the people find a distinct clarity in the way the morning frost clings to the edges of the Rivière du Moulin, a fleeting beauty that anchors the day before the labor begins.
La Gin s’étire avec une patience tranquille à proximité de la Montagne aux Érables, là où le souffle du vent semble porter une mémoire ancienne de la terre. Les eaux de la Rivière du Moulin serpentent avec une régularité apaisante, traçant un sillon de vie dans ce paysage façonné par le travail agricole et la rudesse familière du climat québécois. À quelques lieues, la présence du Lac Laflamme offre une respiration bleue à l’horizon, tandis que plus loin, la Réserve écologique Claude-Mélançon préserve le silence des essences forestières contre l’érosion des jours. Dans ce coin de pays, la lumière du crépuscule s’attarde longuement sur les champs, révélant une texture de sol généreuse que les habitants cultivent avec une dévotion discrète. La Gin maintient son rythme propre, loin des bruits du monde, privilégiant la solidité des structures rurales et l’équilibre des éléments naturels qui l’entourent. Chaque matin, le brouillard s’élève des berges pour se dissiper sur les pentes douces, offrant une clarté nouvelle sur ce quotidien où la terre et l’homme s’observent sans rien demander de plus que la continuation des gestes simples et nécessaires.
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Explore La Gin, 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: 46.800108, -70.400283. 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 Gin includes the postal code (G0R), 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 Gin 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) |