Explore Le Lac-Sombre, 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 Lac-Sombre, 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 Lac-Sombre 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 Lac-Sombre.
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.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Le Lac-Sombre |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | L'Anse-Saint-Jean; Le Fjord-du-Saguenay |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.104444 |
| Longitude | -70.2525 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4A |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EQNNO |
Le Lac-Sombre is a administrative sector in L'Anse-Saint-Jean; Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Lac-Sombre is located at 48.1044°N, 70.2525°W.
Le Lac-Sombre rests within the rugged terrain of Les Plateaux, where the earth rises in quiet, ancient confidence toward the skyline. It lies 18.9 km west of Secteur David, QC (from Secteur David, QC: bearing 281°T), and is situated 14.8 km south-south-west of L'Anse-Saint-Jean. The water of the Rivière du Portage moves with a persistent, cold clarity, feeding the basin where Le Lac-Sombre sits as a dark mirror to the surrounding spruce and fir. At dusk, the light here does not merely fade; it pulls back from the hollows, leaving the surface of Lac Sombre to hold the deepening indigo of the sky until the stars assert their own pale authority. The air carries a sharp, resinous edge, a reminder that the wild expanse of Parc national du Fjord-du-Saguenay waits only a short distance away, casting its long influence over the silence of the woods. The history of this land is held in the endurance of those who have navigated the interior reaches of the region, where the economy has long leaned into the yields of the forest and the unpredictable temperament of the seasons. Life near Le Lac-Sombre follows the turning of the frost, a pattern marked by the preparation for long winters and the brief, bright intensity of a northern summer. While the modern world presses against the edges of the province, the daily existence here retains a deliberate stillness, focused on the maintenance of homesteads and the seasonal rhythms of the waterways. It is a landscape that demands a certain humility, where the effort of living is measured by the ability to remain attuned to the subtle shifts in the wind and the rising levels of the Rivière du Portage.
Le Lac-Sombre s'étire dans une quiétude minérale, là où les Plateaux surplombent les méandres de la Rivière du Portage avec une gravité silencieuse. Cette étendue d'eau, fidèle à son nom, absorbe les dernières lueurs du jour, renvoyant une noirceur d'encre sur laquelle viennent se briser les ombres des sapins. À vingt kilomètres de là, le Parc national du Fjord-du-Saguenay impose sa démesure, mais ici, la terre se fait plus humble, façonnée par le passage lent des eaux et la ténacité des hommes qui ont appris à lire les secrets du sol. La vie autour de Le Lac-Sombre se déploie dans une lenteur choisie, rythmée par le murmure constant de la Rivière du Portage qui charrie le souvenir des terres hautes vers le grand large. L'air y possède une densité particulière, une fraîcheur qui saisit les poumons dès l'approche du crépuscule, rappelant que la nature sauvage n'est jamais une simple toile de fond, mais une présence qui exige le respect. Les habitants habitués aux rigueurs de ce climat observent le ciel changer de texture, guettant les signes d'un hiver qui redessine sans cesse les contours de ce paysage brut, où chaque pierre et chaque courant portent une histoire propre aux gens du Nord.
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Explore Le Lac-Sombre, 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: 48.104444, -70.2525. 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 Lac-Sombre includes the postal code (G4A), 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 Lac-Sombre 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) |