Explore Riou, 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 Riou, 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 Riou 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 Riou.
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 | Riou |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Françoise; Les Basques |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.051944 |
| Longitude | -68.9975 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0L |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EKJGO |
Riou is a locality in Sainte-Françoise; Les Basques, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Riou is located at 48.0519°N, 68.9975°W.
Riou rests within the quiet folds of Sainte-Françoise, where the land leans toward the pulse of the Rivière Abraham-Bell. It lies 15.5 km east-south-east of Trois-Pistoles, QC (from Trois-Pistoles, QC: bearing 122°T), and is situated 7.0 km north-east of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu. The terrain here holds a persistent, cool clarity, with the Rivière Abraham-Bell carving a modest path through the earth, its currents mirroring the grey-blue sky of the Les Basques region. Sunlight at dusk settles against the slopes with a heavy, honeyed weight, turning the fields near the La Batoche into vast stretches of copper and shadow. While Lac aux Bouleaux rests six kilometers away in the stillness of the interior, the atmosphere of Riou remains defined by the proximity of the water and the open, sweeping horizons that characterize this corner of the province. Life in Riou follows the seasonal shifts of a landscape shaped by agriculture and the enduring work of the land. The proximity to Parc national du Bic, located thirty-seven kilometers distant, serves as a reminder of the rugged, untamed geological character that defines the broader regional identity. Residents observe a pace dictated by the hardening of the ground in autumn and the arrival of the deep, insulating snows that turn the local woods into a silent, white sanctuary. The economy here stays closely tied to the cycles of the harvest, maintaining a focus on the sustainable rhythms of rural labor. Even as the modern world shifts, Riou keeps a steady, grounded focus on the immediate tasks of the day, finding a quiet satisfaction in the maintenance of fences and the steady, reliable turn of the seasons.
Riou s'étire avec une discrétion souveraine sur les terres de Sainte-Françoise, là où le sol semble conserver la mémoire des anciens travaux agricoles et la patience des saisons qui s'égrènent. À proximité de La Batoche, le courant de la Rivière Abraham-Bell dessine une courbe tranquille, murmurant une mélodie ancienne contre les berges où le temps suspend son vol. La lumière du crépuscule, d'une limpidité rare, se dépose sur les champs avec une douceur proustienne, révélant la texture fine d'une terre labourée par des générations attentives aux caprices de l'air. À six kilomètres, le Lac aux Bouleaux offre un miroir immobile au ciel, tandis que l'horizon, à trente-sept kilomètres, s'ouvre sur l'immensité protégée du Parc national du Bic. Riou ne cherche jamais à se faire remarquer, préférant l'harmonie silencieuse des matins brumeux et la solidité des structures rurales qui ponctuent ce relief vallonné. Chaque souffle de vent porte ici une fraîcheur singulière, rappelant la proximité du fleuve et la rigueur d'un climat qui exige une présence constante, une vigilance paisible envers tout ce qui pousse et tout ce qui demeure. Il existe dans cette étendue une noblesse simple, celle des lieux qui se suffisent à eux-mêmes dans la lumière changeante du Bas-Saint-Laurent.
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Explore Riou, 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: 48.051944, -68.9975. 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 Riou includes the postal code (G0L), 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 Riou 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) |