Explore Le Sand Bar, 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 Sand Bar, 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 Sand Bar 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 Sand Bar.
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 Sand Bar |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Grosse-Île; Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.780556 |
| Longitude | -61.481944 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EKUZM |
Le Sand Bar is a locality in Grosse-Île; Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Sand Bar is located at 47.7806°N, 61.4819°W.
Le Sand Bar rests as a slender, shifting geometry of silt and tide within the Butte à Rade, marking a fragile boundary where the terrestrial yields to the salt-heavy breath of the Gulf. It lies 53.6 km north-north-east of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC (from Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC: bearing 33°T), and is situated 52.7 km north-north-east of Cap-aux-Meules. The light here arrives with a singular, sharp clarity, bleaching the dunes into pale ghosts that hold their form only by the grace of the wind’s persistent architecture. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoals, the Réserve écologique de l'Île-Brion stands as a silent sentry, its protected stillness providing a stark, verdant contrast to the restless, granular movement of the shoreline. The air tastes of brine and cold currents, carrying the weight of the vast, open horizon that presses against the land with an insistent, rhythmic force. Life near Le Sand Bar persists in a precarious balance with the sea, drawing its character from the seasonal migration of fish and the endurance of those who harvest them. The local economy remains anchored to the unpredictable bounty of the water, requiring a hard-won knowledge of the tides that govern every morning’s departure. Tradition here is found in the maintenance of gear and the quiet patience required to read the shifting channels that define the Butte à Rade. Days pass under a wide, uncaring sky, with the pulse of the community measured not by the clock, but by the turning of the gale and the slow, inevitable return of the tide to the waiting reach of the bar.
Le Sand Bar s'étire dans le Butte à Rade comme une ligne fragile tracée par la patience des marées sur le sable fin. Ici, la lumière du crépuscule glisse sur les eaux avec une lenteur solennelle, transformant l'horizon en une étendue d'argent liquide où le vent apporte le sel des grands espaces. À seulement deux kilomètres de distance, la Réserve écologique de l'Île-Brion se dresse comme un sanctuaire inviolé, protégeant une nature sauvage qui ignore le tumulte des hommes. Les gens de la région, habitués aux caprices de l'air marin, observent depuis les rivages cette terre qui semble flotter entre le ciel et l'abîme. Le Sand Bar garde en lui cette solitude particulière des îles, un calme profond qui habite les gestes quotidiens des pêcheurs et des habitants. Chaque grain de terre, chaque souffle qui parcourt le Butte à Rade raconte une histoire de résistance face à l'immensité océanique. Dans cette clarté crue du Nord, le silence n'est jamais vide, il est chargé de tout ce que la mer dépose et reprend. La présence de la Réserve écologique de l'Île-Brion souligne la fragilité de ce monde insulaire, invitant à une contemplation simple devant le rythme immuable des vagues.
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Explore Le Sand Bar, 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: 47.780556, -61.481944. 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 Sand Bar includes the postal code (G4T), 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 Sand Bar 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) |