Explore Le Petit-Rainbow, 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 Petit-Rainbow, 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 Petit-Rainbow 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 Petit-Rainbow.
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 Petit-Rainbow |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Chibougamau; Nord-du-Québec |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.86 |
| Longitude | -74.356111 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8P |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ENKOQ |
Le Petit-Rainbow is a locality in Chibougamau; Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Le Petit-Rainbow is located at 49.8600°N, 74.3561°W.
Le Petit-Rainbow rests upon the rugged, enduring shore of Lac Chibougamau, where the horizon bends under the weight of an ancient, brooding sky. It lies 6.0 km south of Chibougamau, QC (from Chibougamau, QC: bearing 171°T), and is situated 15.5 km north-north-west of La Mine-Corner Bay. The land surrounding Le Petit-Rainbow rises into the shadowed flanks of the Colline de la Sidérite, a silent sentinel watching over the dark, cold expanse of the water. Even as the sun retreats, the light lingers upon the crests of the distant, mineral-rich earth, casting a bruised violet hue that clings to the spruce and stone. While the Rivière Chibougamau flows nine kilometers away, the moisture of the basin hangs heavy and sharp in the air, a constant, bracing presence that defines the northern chill. Here, the boreal wind carries the scent of damp moss and iron, reminding those who walk these paths of the quiet, geologic patience held within the terrain. The history of Le Petit-Rainbow emerges from the deep, subterranean pulse of the region, where the pursuit of buried wealth has long shaped the aspirations of its people. Industry here is a dialogue with the earth, a steady, persistent labor that mirrors the resilience of the surrounding forest and the stoic endurance of the landscape. Life in Le Petit-Rainbow follows the shifting seasons, marked by the transformation of the ice on Lac Chibougamau and the sudden, frantic bloom of the short northern summer. The local character is forged by this proximity to the wilderness, fostering a culture of self-reliance that finds its expression in the daily work of those who look toward the Colline de la Sidérite not as a barrier, but as the primary anchor of their world.
Le Petit-Rainbow se déploie avec une sobriété minérale sur les rives apaisées du Lac Chibougamau, là où la lumière déclinante du soir semble s'attarder sur les aspérités de la Colline de la Sidérite. L'air y possède une densité particulière, chargée des effluves de résineux et de la fraîcheur humide qui monte des étendues d'eau, sculptant un horizon où la terre et le ciel se rejoignent dans une harmonie sauvage. À une distance mesurée, la Rivière Chibougamau poursuit son cours imperturbable, insufflant une vitalité souterraine à ce secteur façonné par le labeur des hommes et la rudesse du climat boréal. Les bâtisses de Le Petit-Rainbow, modestes et robustes face aux vents, portent en elles la mémoire des prospections minières qui ont jadis ouvert ces terres, transformant le silence des bois en un foyer de vie humaine. Le relief accidenté, dominé par la silhouette familière de la Colline de la Sidérite, rappelle sans cesse la puissance géologique qui soutient chaque fondation, tandis que le Lac Chibougamau, miroir sombre et profond, rythme les gestes quotidiens par le balancement lent de ses vagues. Ici, la persévérance se lit dans la pierre et dans la patience des habitants, attentifs aux murmures de la nature qui entoure leur existence.
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Explore Le Petit-Rainbow, 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: 49.86, -74.356111. 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 Petit-Rainbow includes the postal code (G8P), 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 Petit-Rainbow 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) |