Explore Les Îlets, 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 Les Îlets, 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 Les Îlets 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 Les Îlets.
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 | Les Îlets |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Les Méchins; La Matanie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.990556 |
| Longitude | -67.018611 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5L |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EGZMK |
Les Îlets is a hamlet in Les Méchins; La Matanie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Les Îlets is located at 48.9906°N, 67.0186°W.
Les Îlets rests where the heavy breath of the St. Lawrence meets the unyielding grip of the shore. It lies 26.8 km west-south-west of Cap-Chat, QC (from Cap-Chat, QC: bearing 244°T), and is situated 12.6 km east-north-east of Grosses-Roches. The salt-crusted air clings to the Côte à Bouleaux, where the land rises in sharp, defiant angles that seem to pull the horizon tighter toward the water. At the edge of the Rivière des Grands Méchins, the current carves a path through the stone, its low, constant murmur providing a backdrop to the stillness that gathers as the light fails. Five kilometers inland, the surface of Lac de la Vapeur holds the heavy grey of the sky, reflecting a stillness that defines the high, northern terrain. Here, the transition from forest to tide is sudden and absolute, defined by the cold, clear clarity of a world that demands attention to every shift in the wind. The history of Les Îlets lingers in the weathered wood of the houses and the quiet persistence of those who work the timber and the tide. Life here moves according to the demands of the season, a cycle of preparation and harvest that has long defined the local economy of Les Méchins. Neighbors maintain a stoic familiarity, their routines shaped by the proximity of the deep, restless water and the looming presence of the hills. On evenings when the mist curls off the river, the isolation feels less like a distance and more like a deliberate choice, a way of keeping the world at a manageable remove.
Les Îlets s’étirent avec une patience minérale sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le Côte à Bouleaux offre un repli protégé contre les assauts du large. Dans cette partie de la Matanie, la terre semble retenir son souffle entre la rudesse de l’eau salée et le murmure constant de la Rivière des Grands Méchins qui se jette dans le fleuve. Le paysage, façonné par les marées et les vents, conserve une âme tournée vers l’horizon, héritière d’une vie rythmée par les travaux maritimes et le labeur des champs proches. À quelques lieues dans les terres, la présence du Lac de la Vapeur modifie imperceptiblement la texture de l’air, apportant une humidité douce qui enveloppe les crépuscules d’une lumière bleutée. Les gens de Les Îlets vivent en harmonie avec ce relief accidenté, où chaque sentier raconte une familiarité ancienne avec les éléments. Les maisons, modestes et robustes, semblent s’agripper à ce sol littoral avec une ténacité qui défie les humeurs du climat québécois. Ici, le quotidien se mesure aux changements de la lumière sur les galets et à la remontée des eaux, imposant une sagesse tranquille à ceux qui habitent ces bords de rive, perpétuant une existence simple, intimement liée au mouvement perpétuel des courants.
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Explore Les Îlets, 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: 48.990556, -67.018611. 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 Les Îlets includes the postal code (G5L), 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 Les Îlets 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) |