Explore Le Barrage-de-la-Digue, 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-de-la-Digue, 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-de-la-Digue 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-de-la-Digue.
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-de-la-Digue |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lac-Lapeyrère; Portneuf |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.160191 |
| Longitude | -72.482671 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G9X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESLSO |
Le Barrage-de-la-Digue is a locality in Lac-Lapeyrère; Portneuf, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Barrage-de-la-Digue is located at 47.1602°N, 72.4827°W.
Le Barrage-de-la-Digue anchors the rugged terrain of Lac-Lapeyrère in Portneuf, standing as a quiet sentinel amidst the dense, enduring growth of the Canadian Shield. It lies 38.5 km south-east of La Tuque, QC (from La Tuque, QC: bearing 144°T), and is situated 38.2 km north of Sainte-Thècle. The landscape surrounding Le Barrage-de-la-Digue is dominated by the imposing presence of the Montagne de la Croix, whose slopes hold the shadows long after the sun has retreated. Nearby, Lac de la Digue reflects the shifting greys of the sky, its surface often mirroring the stillness that settles over the trees before dusk. While the Rivière Bessonne flows through the wider region, its course remains a distant presence, leaving the immediate vicinity to the hushed, deliberate movements of the forest. The air here carries a sharp, resinous chill, a reminder of the altitude and the vast, unyielding wilderness that presses against the edges of the clearing. The history of Le Barrage-de-la-Digue is tied to the practical necessity of managing the flow of these northern waters, a task that has shaped the local economy through generations of resource stewardship. Those who work near the structure maintain a steady, disciplined pace, observing a tradition of labour that prioritizes the stability of the land and the integrity of the water. Life at this site is defined by the elemental requirements of the season, where the focus remains on the maintenance of the infrastructure and the quiet observation of the wild. Even as the modern world shifts, the focus at Le Barrage-de-la-Digue stays rooted in the essential, functional relationship between the human hand and the surrounding geology.
Le Barrage-de-la-Digue se dresse avec une sobriété minérale contre le relief accidenté qui définit les horizons de Portneuf. À proximité de la Montagne de la Croix, l'ouvrage impose sa stature austère, retenant les eaux qui murmurent tout près, vers le Lac de la Digue, dont la surface lisse capte les derniers éclats d'un soleil déclinant. L'air, chargé d'une humidité fraîche, circule librement entre les conifères alors que la Rivière Bessonne, située à dix kilomètres, impose son rythme discret et constant à la topographie environnante. Le Barrage-de-la-Digue incarne cette lutte silencieuse entre la volonté humaine et la nature sauvage, une architecture utilitaire qui finit par se confondre avec la pierre et le bois du paysage. La lumière, lorsqu'elle glisse sur la structure, révèle les textures brutes du béton et la patience nécessaire pour dompter ces terres escarpées. Ici, le travail des hommes se mesure à la résistance des éléments, chaque saison déposant une patine sur ce site où le silence des bois est seulement rompu par le clapotis de l'eau. Dans cette solitude presque sacrée, le terrain offre une rigueur qui invite à la contemplation, loin de l'agitation, dans le calme absolu d'une géographie façonnée par l'eau et le roc.
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Explore Le Barrage-de-la-Digue, 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: 47.160191, -72.482671. 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-de-la-Digue includes the postal code (G9X), 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-de-la-Digue 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) |