Explore Lac-de-la-Tête, 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 Lac-de-la-Tête, 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 Lac-de-la-Tête 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 Lac-de-la-Tête.
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 | Lac-de-la-Tête |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | L'Île-d'Anticosti; Minganie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.5525 |
| Longitude | -63.091944 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ERBEN |
Lac-de-la-Tête is a locality in L'Île-d'Anticosti; Minganie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lac-de-la-Tête is located at 49.5525°N, 63.0919°W.
Lac-de-la-Tête sits cradled within the rugged, windswept expanse of L'Île-d'Anticosti, where the earth holds the chill of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It lies 85.1 km south-south-east of Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC (from Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC: bearing 155°T), and is situated 47.4 km south-east of Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile. The water of the Rivière à la Patate flows with a persistent, cold clarity, carving a path through the limestone bedrock that defines this singular corner of Minganie. The light here at dusk possesses a sharp, silver quality, turning the surface of the water into a mirror that reflects the low, heavy clouds drifting in from the sea. Only a short distance away, the quiet presence of Lac de la Tête offers a secondary stillness, its edges fringed by stunted spruce that seem to lean perpetually against the prevailing wind. The land is defined by its isolation and the raw, unadorned honesty of its geology, standing as a quiet sentinel in a landscape that resists easy passage. History in this remote reach of the island is measured in the slow, deliberate work of the elements and the rare, passing presence of those who navigate its interior. While the vast protected reaches of Parc national d'Anticosti draw visitors to the island's more dramatic cliffs and canyons, Lac-de-la-Tête remains a hidden point of reference for those who know the interior trails. The economy here is dictated by the seasonal shifts, with the land offering little to those who do not respect its austere requirements. Life moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, where the sound of the wind through the trees becomes the primary voice of the day, and the endurance of the forest provides the only constant in a world defined by the vast, open horizon.
Lac-de-la-Tête s’éveille dans la lumière diffuse de la Minganie, là où la terre déploie ses plateaux austères sous un ciel immense. Sur les rives de la Rivière à la Patate, les eaux sombres reflètent un horizon qui semble ne jamais vouloir se clore, baigné dans une fraîcheur constante que le vent marin apporte des profondeurs du golfe. À proximité, le Lac de la Tête offre ses reflets calmes à la lumière déclinante du soir, tandis que le Parc national d'Anticosti impose sa présence sauvage à une vingtaine de kilomètres, rappelant la puissance indomptée de cet environnement insulaire. Dans ce silence minéral et forestier, Lac-de-la-Tête demeure un point de repère discret, façonné par les oscillations du climat et la rudesse bienveillante de ces contrées isolées. Les habitants, habitués à la patience requise par ces vastes étendues, voient passer les heures dans une simplicité qui se confond avec le mouvement lent des courants et le frémissement des conifères. Cette géographie singulière impose sa cadence, une humilité nécessaire face à l'immensité brute qui entoure chaque sentier et chaque rive, cultivant une existence qui puise sa force dans la pureté quasi intacte de ce territoire québécois.
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Explore Lac-de-la-Tête, 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: 49.5525, -63.091944. 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 Lac-de-la-Tête 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 Lac-de-la-Tête 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) |