Explore Rivière-Loïs, 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 Rivière-Loïs, 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 Rivière-Loïs 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 Rivière-Loïs.
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 | Rivière-Loïs |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Poularies; Abitibi-Ouest |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.690371 |
| Longitude | -78.989191 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J9Z |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EHWHQ |
Rivière-Loïs is a hamlet in Poularies; Abitibi-Ouest, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Rivière-Loïs is located at 48.6904°N, 78.9892°W.
Rivière-Loïs flows with a persistent, quiet resolve through the low-lying terrain of Poularies in Abitibi-Ouest. It lies 20.4 km south-east of La Sarre, QC (from La Sarre, QC: bearing 129°T), and is situated 7.2 km south of Macamic. The water gathers its strength from the surrounding landscape, moving past the Collines Destor as it feeds into the Rivière Maheux. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic violet, casting long shadows over the banks where the boreal forest meets the clearing. The land holds a stubborn stillness, punctuated only by the movement of the current, which seems to carry the weight of the northern sky toward the horizon. While Lac Macamic sits twelve kilometers away and the protected expanses of Parc national d'Aiguebelle remain twenty-eight kilometers to the south, Rivière-Loïs maintains a distinct character defined by the intersection of forest and field. Agriculture and forestry have long dictated the pace of life in Rivière-Loïs, grounding the inhabitants in the seasonal demands of the Abitibi soil. Early pioneers cleared these tracts of land to make space for homesteads, creating a legacy of self-reliance that lingers in the way the local buildings stand against the harsh winters. Today, the economy leans on the natural resources of the region, yet the primary experience of the locality remains the immense, open horizon that dwarfs human endeavor. The air often carries the sharp, clean scent of spruce, a reminder of the vast wilderness that encroaches on the edges of the fields. Daily life here values the quiet persistence of the work, a steady grind that mirrors the constant, forward motion of the local waters.
Rivière-Loïs déploie ses terres agricoles sur un sol façonné par une patience ancestrale, là où les Collines Destor dessinent une ligne sombre et protectrice contre l'horizon boréal. Le courant de la Rivière Maheux serpente avec une régularité apaisante, irriguant ces plaines où la lumière du crépuscule semble s'attarder, changeant la texture des champs en une étoffe dorée qui frissonne sous le vent. À une douzaine de kilomètres, le Lac Macamic impose son étendue calme, miroir vaste qui capte les nuances changeantes du ciel abitibien, tandis que le Parc national d'Aiguebelle, situé à moins de trente kilomètres, rappelle la rudesse sauvage et la splendeur géologique de ce territoire. Rivière-Loïs vit au rythme des récoltes et de la ténacité des bâtisseurs qui ont su dompter cette terre argileuse, forgeant une identité portée par le labeur et une solidarité silencieuse. La vie quotidienne ici se décline dans le silence des grands espaces, où chaque bâtiment semble s'être posé avec justesse pour défier les rigueurs du climat. Les habitations, dispersées avec une simplicité qui refuse l'artifice, observent le passage des jours et la montée lente de la sève, confirmant que Rivière-Loïs demeure un espace d'équilibre, un lieu de résistance tranquille face à l'immensité du Nord québécois.
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Explore Rivière-Loïs, 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: 48.690371, -78.989191. 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 Rivière-Loïs includes the postal code (J9Z), 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 Rivière-Loïs 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) |