Explore Le Barrage-Colette, 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-Colette, 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-Colette 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-Colette.
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-Colette |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier; La Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.62941 |
| Longitude | -71.270182 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8G |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESLSK |
Le Barrage-Colette is a locality in Lac-Jacques-Cartier; La Côte-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Barrage-Colette is located at 47.6294°N, 71.2702°W.
Le Barrage-Colette holds the rushing waters of the Rivière Jacques-Cartier within a rugged, high-altitude fold of the Canadian Shield. It lies 56.3 km east-north-east of La Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-Moïse, QC (from La Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-Moïse, QC: bearing 69°T), and is situated 7.8 km north-north-west of L'Étape. The immediate landscape centers on the basin where Lac Colette rests flush against the structure, creating a stillness that contrasts with the persistent, cold currents flowing southward. At dusk, the light here thins to a sharp, metallic blue, catching the granite edges of the shoreline and turning the dark pines into silhouettes against the darkening sky. The air carries the scent of damp stone and conifer needles, a bracing clarity that defines the physical presence of the site. The development of Le Barrage-Colette emerged from the necessity of managing the hydraulic power of the Rivière Jacques-Cartier, shaping the local economy toward resource regulation and water management. While Parc national des Grands-Jardins sits thirty-two kilometers distant, the influence of the surrounding wild terrain dictates the pace of life, demanding a focus on seasonal maintenance and environmental stewardship. The land retains a quiet, austere character, reflecting the deep silence of the forest that encroaches upon the infrastructure. Daily activity here aligns with the shifting demands of the waterway, where the sound of moving water acts as a constant, low-frequency pulse beneath the quiet industry of the workers who maintain the installation.
Le Barrage-Colette s’impose dans la rigueur boréale, là où les eaux vives de la Rivière Jacques-Cartier viennent sculpter une géographie de contrastes. À quelques pas, le miroir immobile du Lac Colette capte les derniers éclats d’un soleil déclinant, diffusant une clarté argentée sur les sommets environnants. Cette terre exigeante, située à une distance respectueuse du Parc national des Grands-Jardins, porte en elle la mémoire des forces telluriques et des courants impétueux qui ont façonné le relief. Le Barrage-Colette maintient sa garde le long de ce lit sinueux, imposant une présence minérale et solide face aux vents qui descendent des hauteurs. L’air y possède une densité particulière, chargée d’humidité et de sève, rappelant la proximité constante des forêts denses qui entourent les rives. Les habitants observent le rythme des crues avec une attention héritée, sachant que le courant dicte ici la mesure du quotidien. Dans le silence qui succède aux murmures de la Rivière Jacques-Cartier, le paysage se dépouille de ses artifices pour ne laisser paraître que l'essentiel : la roche, l'eau et cette étendue sauvage qui s'étire loin vers l'horizon, imperméable aux agitations du monde moderne, préservant une sérénité qui semble défier l'érosion des heures.
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Explore Le Barrage-Colette, 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: 47.62941, -71.270182. 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-Colette includes the postal code (G8G), 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-Colette 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) |