Explore Le Barrage-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson, 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-Petit-Lac-Wilson, 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-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson 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-Petit-Lac-Wilson.
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-Petit-Lac-Wilson |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Zacharie; Les Etchemins |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.055363 |
| Longitude | -70.315286 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5Y |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESLTK |
Le Barrage-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson is a locality in Saint-Zacharie; Les Etchemins, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Barrage-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson is located at 46.0554°N, 70.3153°W.
Le Barrage-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson stands as a quiet sentinel of stone and earth, marking the transition between the dense woodland and the still, reflective depths of Petit lac Wilson. It lies 28.5 km east-south-east of Saint-Georges, QC (from Saint-Georges, QC: bearing 105°T), and is situated 15.6 km east of Saint-Côme–Linière. The structure holds back the dark, tea-colored waters where the light of late afternoon catches the ripples, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered copper before the shadows of the surrounding trees pull the color away. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the terrain rises in rugged swells, and the Rivière Metgermette Centrale traces its path through the lower reaches of the landscape some six kilometers away, carrying the persistent hum of moving water through the stillness. Local life around Le Barrage-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson moves with the deliberate pace of those who work the land and the timber, finding a steady purpose in the seasonal shifts of Saint-Zacharie. The economy here remains rooted in the resilience of the woods and the pragmatic management of the waterways, where the history of the region is felt in the calloused hands of those who maintain the integrity of the dam. On quiet mornings, the air carries a crisp, pine-scented sharpness that seems to sharpen the edges of the horizon, grounding the daily labor in a landscape that demands both respect and a steady hand. Men and women carry on their tasks under the wide, pale sky, their movements echoing a long-standing tradition of stewardship that defines the character of the people living near the shores of Petit lac Wilson.
Le Barrage-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson s'étire dans une solitude minérale où la lumière du crépuscule semble suspendre le souffle des pins. Ici, la terre se déploie avec une rigueur austère, façonnée par les glaciations anciennes et le labeur silencieux des pionniers qui ont domestiqué ces hauteurs. Le Petit lac Wilson, miroir immobile aux eaux sombres, recueille le silence des bois environnants dans une proximité immédiate, tandis que l'air, chargé d'une humidité vive, porte le souvenir des forêts denses. À quelques kilomètres, la Rivière Metgermette Centrale serpente avec une détermination sourde, traçant un sillon nécessaire dans ce relief accidenté qui définit l'identité des Etchemins. Le Barrage-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson impose sa présence sobre sur ce territoire, un ouvrage de pierre et d'oubli qui retient l'élan des eaux pour mieux souligner la patience des choses immobiles. Les nuances changeantes du ciel, passant du bleu acier à un gris plombé, enveloppent les rives d'une mélancolie douce, rappelant que la nature, dans son indifférence majestueuse, dicte le rythme aux rares silhouettes qui s'aventurent près de ces eaux. Les jours s'écoulent dans une sobriété contemplative, loin de l'agitation, laissant le vent murmurer des récits oubliés entre les branches, alors que le paysage, dépouillé de tout artifice, demeure une vérité brute offerte au regard.
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Explore Le Barrage-du-Petit-Lac-Wilson, 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: 46.055363, -70.315286. 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-Petit-Lac-Wilson includes the postal code (G5Y), 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-Petit-Lac-Wilson 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) |