Explore Petits-Escoumins, 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 Petits-Escoumins, 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 Petits-Escoumins 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 Petits-Escoumins.
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 | Petits-Escoumins |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Les Escoumins; La Haute-Côte-Nord |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.4375 |
| Longitude | -69.314722 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5L |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EHPXY |
Petits-Escoumins is a hamlet in Les Escoumins; La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Petits-Escoumins is located at 48.4375°N, 69.3147°W.
Petits-Escoumins rests where the terrestrial stillness of the Canadian Shield meets the restless, salt-heavy expanse of the St. Lawrence. It lies 36.2 km north-north-west of Trois-Pistoles, QC (from Trois-Pistoles, QC: bearing 343°T), and is situated 11.8 km north-east of Les Escoumins. The Rivière des Petits Escoumins carves a deliberate path toward the coast, its waters reflecting a sky that often turns the color of hammered lead before the evening tide arrives. About 4 km away, the quiet basin of Petit lac Canard holds a different, inland silence, tucked away from the insistent pull of the salt water. Here, the air carries a sharp, bracing clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every stone and cedar bough, especially when the light at dusk flattens against the shoreline, turning the coastal rocks into dark, brooding sentinels. Life in Petits-Escoumins has long turned on the seasonal cycles of the water, a tradition rooted in the proximity to the St. Lawrence and the historical necessity of working the land and the river in tandem. The local economy maintains a steady, functional relationship with the natural resources of La Haute-Côte-Nord, prioritizing the endurance of those who harvest the bounty of the estuary. The atmosphere is one of pragmatic persistence, where the movement of the tides and the shifting temperatures dictate the daily labor of residents. In the quiet hours, one can feel the weight of the immense northern landscape, a presence that makes the small, persistent human activity along the riverbank seem both fragile and entirely essential.
Petits-Escoumins déploie ses habitations modestes face à l’immensité salée du Saint-Laurent, là où le courant dépose ses humeurs sur les rivages de la Rivière des Petits Escoumins. Dans cette partie de la Haute-Côte-Nord, le terrain s’incline vers les eaux froides avec une patience minérale, rappelant la rudesse des premiers établissements qui cherchaient, dans la force des marées et la générosité des forêts, les moyens d’une existence autonome. À quelques lieues dans les terres, le silence se condense autour du Petit lac Canard, dont la présence discrète offre un contraste avec le ressac incessant du grand fleuve. La lumière du crépuscule y possède une clarté particulière, comme si le jour hésitait à s’effacer derrière les reliefs, étirant les ombres sur les chemins qui longent le cours d’eau. Les activités quotidiennes, marquées par le rythme lent des occupations côtières, se succèdent avec une régularité presque familière. En arpentant les abords de Petits-Escoumins, on perçoit la force d’une terre qui ne demande rien d’autre que d’être habitée avec respect, entre la rigueur du climat septentrional et l’horizon ouvert sur le large. Chaque souffle d’air salin raconte la permanence de ce cadre, où le sol et l’eau s’accordent pour définir une identité façonnée par la proximité constante des éléments.
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Explore Petits-Escoumins, 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: 48.4375, -69.314722. 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 Petits-Escoumins 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 Petits-Escoumins 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) |