Explore La Tour-de-La Galette, 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 Tour-de-La Galette, 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 Tour-de-La Galette 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 Tour-de-La Galette.
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 Tour-de-La Galette |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lac-Pikauba; Charlevoix |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.727124 |
| Longitude | -70.69613 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4A |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESORZ |
La Tour-de-La Galette is a locality in Lac-Pikauba; Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Tour-de-La Galette is located at 47.7271°N, 70.6961°W.
La Tour-de-La Galette stands as a singular, elevated sentinel within the rugged expanse of Lac-Pikauba in Charlevoix. It lies 34.8 km north-north-west of Baie-Saint-Paul, QC (from Baie-Saint-Paul, QC: bearing 336°T), and is situated 24.7 km west-north-west of Notre-Dame-des-Monts. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, stony gravity, situated in immediate proximity to the slopes of La Chouenne. Lac de la Tour sits directly at the base of the rise, its surface often holding the stillness of a held breath before the wind catches the reeds. At dusk, the light here does not merely fade; it thickens, turning the rock faces a bruised, translucent violet that seems to absorb the very sound of the surrounding spruce. The history of La Tour-de-La Galette remains tied to the vast, quiet interior of the region, where the influence of the nearby Parc national des Grands-Jardins dictates the flow of seasonal visitors and the preservation of the wild. While the Rivière Malbaie carves its path some seven kilometers away, the local character is defined more by the isolation of the high ground than by the passage of water. Life in Lac-Pikauba relies on the resilience required by such heights, where the economy mirrors the slow, cyclical nature of the forest itself. In these clearings, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity that lingers in the lungs, reminding those who pass through that they are merely guests in a landscape that has long mastered the art of enduring silence.
La Tour-de-La Galette se dresse avec une austérité minérale dans la rudesse des hauteurs, là où le ciel semble s'abaisser pour caresser les roches anciennes. Le paysage, modelé par une géologie impitoyable, se déploie dans une solitude minérale qui impose le respect, à proximité immédiate de La Chouenne dont les sommets veillent sur cette étendue sauvage. Le Lac de la Tour, miroir immobile et sombre, borde les fondations de La Tour-de-La Galette, captant les derniers éclats d'un soleil déclinant qui incendie le relief avant de basculer dans l'ombre. À quelques lieues, la Rivière Malbaie trace son sillon à travers les replis du terrain, murmurant une mélodie constante aux parois de granit, tandis que le Parc national des Grands-Jardins s'étend plus loin, protégeant une flore adaptée aux rigueurs de ces altitudes. L'air y possède une netteté tranchante, une pureté qui saisit les poumons et clarifie la pensée, rappelant aux rares voyageurs que cette terre exige une présence entière. Ici, le temps ne se mesure pas en heures mais en cycles de givre et de roc, dans une immensité où la nature, indifférente aux entreprises humaines, conserve sa souveraineté farouche, offrant à qui sait regarder une beauté dépouillée, loin des artifices et des bruits du monde.
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Explore La Tour-de-La Galette, 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: 47.727124, -70.69613. 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 Tour-de-La Galette includes the postal code (G4A), 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 Tour-de-La Galette 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) |