Explore Le Barrage-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès, 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-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès, 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-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès 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-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès.
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-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Rimouski; Rimouski-Neigette |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.280832 |
| Longitude | -68.521666 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5N |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESLSS |
Le Barrage-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès is a locality in Rimouski; Rimouski-Neigette, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Barrage-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès is located at 48.2808°N, 68.5217°W.
Le Barrage-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès stands as a firm sentinel amidst the rugged topography near the Mont Saint-Louis, holding back the waters of the Rivière Macpès with a quiet, persistent gravity. It lies 41.8 km south-west of Mont-Joli, QC (from Mont-Joli, QC: bearing 216°T), and is situated 6.2 km west of Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski. The surrounding terrain rises in dark, spruce-clad slopes where the air carries a sharp, resinous chill, even as the evening light catches the surface of the reservoir in glints of hammered silver. Within a short distance, the quiet solitude of Lac aux Cèdres offers a mirror to the sky, while the distant, rushing energy of Chutes à Hubb reminds the traveler of the restless power moving through these hills. Further afield, the expansive reach of Parc national du Bic defines the broader horizon, yet here, the land feels held close by the thickets and the steep, stony rise of the terrain. The history of Le Barrage-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès lingers in the steady maintenance of the waterways, a legacy of the industry that once relied entirely on the seasonal pulse of the Rivière Macpès to move timber through the valley. While the modern economy has shifted, the life of the region maintains an orientation toward the seasonal turning of the woods, where the work of the day is measured by the clarity of the current and the persistence of the frost. Local traditions remain tied to the mastery of this terrain, a rugged existence where the demands of the landscape shape the character of those who dwell in Rimouski-Neigette. The stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional call of a bird or the movement of wind through the heavy branches, grounding the site in a permanence that ignores the fleeting haste of the world beyond the ridge.
Le Barrage-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès s'étire dans une solitude contemplative sous la garde silencieuse du Mont Saint-Louis, là où la lumière déclinante transforme les eaux de la Rivière Macpès en un miroir d'argent sombre. Ce paysage de hautes terres, sculpté par les rigueurs du climat, abrite une quiétude que le tumulte des grands centres ignore, conférant à chaque arpent une dignité austère et robuste. À peine à deux kilomètres de là, le Lac aux Cèdres offre une halte paisible aux boisés qui bordent les chemins, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes à Hubb, situé à huit kilomètres, rappelle la puissance indomptée des courants qui irriguent ce secteur. Plus loin, à une vingtaine de kilomètres, le Parc national du Bic semble veiller sur l'horizon, isolant cette portion de territoire dans une bulle de sérénité forestière. Le Barrage-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès impose sa présence par sa retenue d'eau, ouvrage modeste mais essentiel qui ordonne les caprices du relief. Les gens qui habitent ces parages partagent une endurance héritée des pionniers, une habitude de vivre en harmonie avec les saisons, loin des artifices, trouvant dans la rudesse du sol et la clarté de l'air une forme de richesse qui se passe de mots.
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Explore Le Barrage-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès, 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: 48.280832, -68.521666. 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-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès includes the postal code (G5N), 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-du-Grand-Lac-Macpès 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) |