Explore Le Barrage-Achille, 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 Le Barrage-Achille, 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 Le Barrage-Achille 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 Le Barrage-Achille.
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.
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| Place | Le Barrage-Achille |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier; La Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.515883 |
| Longitude | -71.533735 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0A |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESLRY |
Le Barrage-Achille is a locality in Lac-Jacques-Cartier; La Côte-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Barrage-Achille is located at 47.5159°N, 71.5337°W.
Le Barrage-Achille holds a quiet vigil over the Rivière Cavée, where the water gathers its strength against the stone and timber of the structure. It lies 33.7 km east-north-east of La Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-Moïse, QC (from La Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-Moïse, QC: bearing 77°T), and is situated 23.5 km west-south-west of L'Étape. The surrounding terrain rises in dark, dense folds of boreal forest, a landscape that holds the cold even when the sun hits the canopy at a sharp, slanted angle. Only a kilometer away, the stillness of Lac Barbara reflects the sky, offering a mirror to the clouds that drift over the high ground of the region. As evening approaches, the air thins and turns crisp, carrying the scent of damp moss and the low, persistent vibration of the Rivière Cavée moving steadily toward the horizon. Life near Le Barrage-Achille is defined by the deliberate, seasonal turns of the earth and the heavy silence of the deep woods. While the vast expanse of Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier remains twenty-five kilometers distant, the influence of that wilder terrain presses inward, reminding those nearby that the land dictates the terms of settlement. The local economy and daily patterns align with the flow of the water and the maintenance of the infrastructure that manages the river's path. Here, the work of the day is measured not by the clock, but by the shifting light and the necessity of preparing for the long, white winters that settle over the valley.
Le Barrage-Achille s'étire avec une humilité minérale sur les rives de la Rivière Cavée, là où le courant semble retenir son souffle contre la pierre. L'eau, vive et sombre, sculpte le paysage dans une solitude silencieuse que seul le frémissement des conifères vient troubler. À une courte distance, le Lac Barbara repose comme un miroir oublié, gardant en ses profondeurs la mémoire des étés courts et des hivers qui figent le monde dans une immobilité cristalline. L'air y est tranchant, chargé de cette sève et de cette terre humide qui définissent l'identité profonde de la région de Lac-Jacques-Cartier. Plus loin, le Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier étend ses hautes terres, imposant une présence majestueuse qui impose le respect par sa seule démesure. Le Barrage-Achille habite cette étroite frontière entre la force brute des éléments et la persistance de l'ouvrage humain, là où le ciel, au crépuscule, dépose une lumière de cuivre sur le relief accidenté. Ici, chaque pierre et chaque courbe de la Rivière Cavée rappellent la rigueur du climat, forgeant une existence où le temps ne se compte pas en heures, mais en cycles de gel et de dégel, dans un silence qui n'appartient qu'à cette terre du Québec.
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Explore Le Barrage-Achille, 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: 47.515883, -71.533735. 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 Le Barrage-Achille includes the postal code (G0A), 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 Le Barrage-Achille 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) |