Explore La John, 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 John, 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 John 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 John.
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 John |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Rivière-Bonjour; La Matanie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.65 |
| Longitude | -67.270833 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0J |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EPZGA |
La John is a locality in Rivière-Bonjour; La Matanie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La John is located at 48.6500°N, 67.2708°W.
La John settles into the rugged folds of the Colline de la Tortue, a stretch of land defined by the persistent pull of the Rivière Matane as it carves its path through the terrain. It lies 24.0 km north-north-east of Amqui, QC (from Amqui, QC: bearing 30°T), and is situated 13.2 km south-east of Ruisseau-Gagnon. The light here gathers in the hollows of the hills at dusk, turning the dense forest growth into a deepening indigo that seems to hold the very chill of the coming night. Beyond the immediate rise of the land, the presence of Lac du Brûlé sits eight kilometers away, a silent mirror reflecting the same high, northern sky that watches over the valley. La John draws its vitality from the pulse of the Rivière Matane, where the water runs with a clarity that reveals the smooth, dark stones resting on the riverbed. The local economy has long leaned into the rhythms of the woods and the currents, with the land itself dictating the pace of life for those who work the timber or watch the seasonal shifts in the water levels. Generations have moved through these hills with a quiet familiarity, grounding their daily existence in the stubborn, rocky soil and the persistent, cold air that descends from the higher elevations.
La John occupe une place singulière au sein de la Colline de la Tortue, où le relief accidenté dicte une existence rythmée par la rudesse et la beauté des éléments. Les eaux de la Rivière Matane serpentent à travers ce terrain escarpé, façonnant un paysage forestier où la lumière du crépuscule semble se figer sur les pentes boisées avant de s'éteindre dans le lointain. À huit kilomètres de ce secteur, le Lac du Brûlé demeure une présence silencieuse, isolée dans le repli des terres, rappelant l'immensité sauvage qui entoure les habitations éparpillées. L’économie de La John s'est bâtie sur la proximité du bois et des ressources forestières, imposant un mode de vie qui privilégie la patience et l'observation des cycles naturels. Les habitants habitués à ces hauteurs cultivent une relation étroite avec la terre ferme, celle qui résiste aux vents dominants et aux hivers prolongés. Chaque sentier qui s'éloigne de La John révèle la texture brute des sols rocailleux et la densité sombre des conifères, confirmant un isolement géographique qui forge, par nécessité, une autonomie singulière chez ceux qui ont choisi de s'établir dans les méandres de la Rivière Matane.
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Explore La John, 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: 48.65, -67.270833. 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 John includes the postal code (G0J), 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 John 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) |