Explore Rock Island, 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 Rock Island, 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 Rock Island 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 Rock Island.
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 | Rock Island |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Stanstead; Memphrémagog |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.006944 |
| Longitude | -72.097222 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0B |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EQDVQ |
Rock Island is a administrative sector in Stanstead; Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Rock Island is located at 45.0069°N, 72.0972°W.
Rock Island rests upon the rugged, enduring terrain of the Eastern Townships, anchored by the prominence of the Colline Miller. It lies 27.0 km west-south-west of Coaticook, QC (from Coaticook, QC: bearing 238°T), and is situated 1.3 km south-south-west of Stanstead Plain. The land here holds a quiet gravity, where the air at dusk thickens with the cooling breath of the hills, casting long, sharp shadows across the stones. Nearby, the stillness of Lac Crystal offers a reflective mirror to the sky, while the distant, rushing energy of Chutes Burroughs and the winding path of the Rivière Niger define the broader horizons of the region. Even the vast reaches of Parc national du Mont-Orford seem to lean toward this point, grounding the locality in a landscape of granite and deep-rooted timber. The history of Rock Island remains inseparable from its industrial grit and the industrious spirit that once centered on the processing of local granite. This trade shaped the character of the streets, where the architecture reflects a sturdy, utilitarian elegance built to withstand the turning of the seasons. Life in Rock Island moves with a deliberate clarity, honoring a heritage of craftsmanship that persists despite the shifting tides of the modern economy. Whether observing the early light catching the mica in a stone wall or listening to the persistent hum of local enterprise, one senses a place that values the weight of its own foundations.
Rock Island s’étire sur un relief modelé par les glaciers, là où la frontière se fait discrète, presque invisible, entre les architectures de pierre et les boisés. À l’ombre de la Colline Miller, le sol garde une mémoire minérale, celle des carrières qui ont bâti la renommée de cette terre de Stanstead. À quelques lieues, la limpidité du Lac Crystal offre un miroir immobile au ciel, contrastant avec la course plus vive de la Rivière Niger qui serpente dans le lointain, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes Burroughs souligne le mouvement souterrain des eaux. Le paysage, à trente-huit kilomètres du Parc national du Mont-Orford, se déploie dans une lumière dorée qui semble s’attarder sur les façades de briques et les toits pentus. Rock Island respire par le labeur de ses ouvriers et la persistance de ses traditions industrielles, conservant une dignité austère que le climat rigoureux affine. L’air y est vif, chargé d’une humidité qui monte des vallées, et le quotidien s’y égrène avec la régularité des engrenages d'une horloge ancienne, sans jamais chercher à masquer le caractère brut de cette géographie frontalière. Ici, la terre ne se donne pas sans effort, mais elle récompense ceux qui acceptent sa rudesse et la clarté de ses matins glacés.
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Explore Rock Island, 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: 45.006944, -72.097222. 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 Rock Island includes the postal code (J0B), 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 Rock Island 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) |