Explore Le Barrage-Gladys, 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-Gladys, 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.
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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-Gladys 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-Gladys.
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-Gladys |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier; La Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.592899 |
| Longitude | -71.301905 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0A |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESLSR |
Le Barrage-Gladys is a locality in Lac-Jacques-Cartier; La Côte-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Barrage-Gladys is located at 47.5929°N, 71.3019°W.
Le Barrage-Gladys stands as a quiet sentinel within the rugged expanse of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, where the earth rises in dense, forested folds. It lies 52.7 km east-north-east of La Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-Moïse, QC (from La Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-Moïse, QC: bearing 72°T), and is situated 6.3 km west-north-west of L'Étape. The air here carries a sharp, resinous clarity that sharpens the senses, particularly as the low sun catches the dark needles of the conifers. Lac des Cépées rests directly against the site, its surface acting as a mirror for the shifting charcoal clouds that frequently drift over the high ground. While the Rivière Jacques-Cartier surges with cold, relentless momentum just six kilometers away, the immediate surroundings of Le Barrage-Gladys possess a stillness that feels heavy and deliberate. Even the light at dusk adopts a bruised, violet hue, clinging to the ridges before the deep cold of the interior settles over the stones and moss. Human presence in this remote sector of La Côte-de-Beaupré has always been shaped by the necessity of managing the wild, hydraulic forces of the Canadian Shield. The infrastructure at Le Barrage-Gladys serves as a functional anchor in a landscape that otherwise resists permanent settlement, reflecting a history defined by the strategic capture of water to fuel regional industry. Those who work here navigate a terrain that demands constant vigilance, moving through a wilderness that feels indifferent to the passage of seasons. Despite the distance to Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier, the influence of the greater protected territory is felt in the undisturbed density of the woods, where life persists in a cycle governed more by the freeze and thaw than by the expectations of the outside world.
Le Barrage-Gladys s'étire dans la solitude minérale de la région de Lac-Jacques-Cartier, offrant au regard la rigueur d'un relief façonné par les âges. À proximité immédiate, le Lac des Cépées déploie une nappe d'eau immobile, dont les reflets sombres captent les premières lueurs du jour avant que la brume ne s'évanouisse sur les rives. Le silence semble ici habiter les roches, troublé seulement par la présence lointaine de la Rivière Jacques-Cartier, qui serpente à six kilomètres, creusant son sillon à travers une terre sauvage. L'horizon, marqué par les reliefs accidentés de la forêt boréale, invite à la contemplation, tandis que le Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier, situé à vingt-neuf kilomètres, étend son influence sur cette étendue où la nature dicte ses propres lois. Le Barrage-Gladys impose sa silhouette sobre dans ce théâtre de granite et de conifères, rappelant une industrie humaine qui a su composer avec l'exigence du climat québécois. L'air, pur et vif, porte en lui une fraîcheur constante qui saisit les sens, transformant chaque observation en une expérience de plénitude. Dans cette contrée éloignée, la terre ne demande rien d'autre que le respect de sa rudesse, offrant à celui qui s'y aventure une sérénité rare, loin des agitations du monde moderne.
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Explore Le Barrage-Gladys, 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: 47.592899, -71.301905. 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-Gladys 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-Gladys 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) |