Explore Rivière-Ouelle-Station, 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-Ouelle-Station, 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.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Rivière-Ouelle-Station 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-Ouelle-Station.
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.
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| Place | Rivière-Ouelle-Station |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Pacôme; Kamouraska |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.429444 |
| Longitude | -69.945833 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5A |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EHWID |
Rivière-Ouelle-Station is a hamlet in Saint-Pacôme; Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Rivière-Ouelle-Station is located at 47.4294°N, 69.9458°W.
Rivière-Ouelle-Station rests upon the low-lying reaches of the St. Lawrence, where the land meets the salt-tinged currents in a quiet convergence of earth and tide. It lies 9.3 km north-east of La Pocatière, QC (from La Pocatière, QC: bearing 45°T), and is situated 3.3 km north of Saint-Pacôme. The air here holds a crisp, maritime weight, carrying the scent of mudflats and cold currents toward the nearby Lac Rond, which sits nestled in the hinterland four kilometers away. To the south, the terrain rises with a stubborn, geological patience, while the Rivière Ouelle cuts a path through the landscape eight kilometers distant, its presence marked by the distant, rhythmic roar of the Chutes de la Rivière Ouelle five kilometers from the station itself. As the sun dips toward the horizon, the light catches the metallic surface of the water, turning the vast expanse of the St. Lawrence into a sheet of hammered pewter that defines the edge of the world. The character of Rivière-Ouelle-Station reflects the persistence of those who settled this stretch of the Kamouraska region, relying on the land’s capacity for agriculture and the seasonal shifts of the northern climate. Industrial history in the vicinity remains tied to the movement of goods and the utilization of the river, with the station acting as a silent observer to the changing tides of regional commerce. Life moves with a deliberate, singular focus, prioritizing the maintenance of homesteads and the cycles of the harvest that sustain the local economy. In the quiet hours of the morning, one can sense the history of the region in the way the frost clings to the fields, a reminder of the generations who turned this soil long before the modern era smoothed the edges of the wild.
Rivière-Ouelle-Station s'étire sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, où la lumière déclinante transforme les vastes étendues d'eau en un miroir d'argent froid. Le vent marin balaie les terres agricoles, portant en lui le sel des marées et le souvenir des labeurs anciens qui ont façonné cette terre du Kamouraska. À huit kilomètres, la Rivière Ouelle trace son sillon tranquille vers l'estuaire, tandis que le Lac Rond, lové à quatre kilomètres de là, conserve un silence minéral sous les pins. Plus loin, à cinq kilomètres, le tumulte des Chutes de la Rivière Ouelle rompt la quiétude du relief, rappelant la puissance brute du courant qui jadis alimentait les scieries et les moulins locaux. Les maisons de Rivière-Ouelle-Station, aux toits pentus pour défier les hivers rigoureux, semblent guetter le passage des navires au large. Ici, la vie se règle sur le balancement des eaux et la patience des saisons, dans une simplicité qui refuse l'agitation du monde moderne. Chaque automne, la terre exhale une odeur de foin coupé et de terre humide, confirmant l'attachement viscéral des habitants à ce sol argileux qui fut le berceau des familles pionnières, façonnant ainsi une identité robuste, tournée vers l'immensité du fleuve.
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Explore Rivière-Ouelle-Station, 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: 47.429444, -69.945833. 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-Ouelle-Station includes the postal code (G5A), 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-Ouelle-Station 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) |