Explore Ruisseau-à-Sem, 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 Ruisseau-à-Sem, 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 Ruisseau-à-Sem 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 Ruisseau-à-Sem.
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 | Ruisseau-à-Sem |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Les Méchins; La Matanie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.973611 |
| Longitude | -67.058611 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4W |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EHYCZ |
Ruisseau-à-Sem is a hamlet in Les Méchins; La Matanie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Ruisseau-à-Sem is located at 48.9736°N, 67.0586°W.
Ruisseau-à-Sem rests upon the rugged, sloping edge of the Côte à Bouleaux, where the land falls away toward the vast, salt-heavy expanse of the St. Lawrence. It lies 30.3 km west-south-west of Cap-Chat, QC (from Cap-Chat, QC: bearing 243°T), and is situated 9.1 km east-north-east of Grosses-Roches. The terrain here is defined by a persistent, upward tension, with the earth rising sharply from the shoreline to meet the dense, coniferous backdrop that characterizes this portion of Les Méchins. In the quiet hours of evening, the light off the water takes on a bruised, metallic quality, turning the waves into shifting plates of silver that catch the cooling air. Inland, the landscape is punctuated by the presence of Lac de la Vapeur, which sits nestled in the higher ground about 4 km away, its waters holding a stillness that contrasts with the restless movement of the coast. Life in Ruisseau-à-Sem has long been shaped by the necessity of adapting to the harsh, vertical geography of the Matanie region. The economy remains tied to the rhythms of the sea and the timbered hills, where the legacy of forestry and small-scale maritime industry persists despite the shifting tides of modern commerce. About 7 km away, the Rivière des Grands Méchins marks the broader landscape, serving as a reminder of the hydrological forces that carved these steep valleys. The people of Ruisseau-à-Sem maintain a stoic, practical connection to their surroundings, finding stability in the endurance of the stone and the cyclical return of the seasonal harvest. Even as the modern world encroaches, the local character retains a sharp-edged independence, mirrored in the way the wind whips relentlessly across the exposed bluffs of the Côte à Bouleaux.
Ruisseau-à-Sem s’étire le long des rives du Saint-Laurent, là où la lumière décline avec une lenteur solennelle sur le Côte à Bouleaux, drapant le rivage d’une clarté presque minérale. Dans ce repli du monde, le sol porte la mémoire des labeurs côtiers et de cette terre battue par les vents du large, façonnant une existence qui s’ajuste aux humeurs impérieuses de l’estuaire. À environ sept kilomètres, la Rivière des Grands Méchins poursuit sa course vers l’immensité saline, tandis que les eaux plus secrètes du Lac de la Vapeur se tiennent à quatre kilomètres, isolées dans un silence forestier que seul le cri des oiseaux vient ponctuer. Ruisseau-à-Sem observe ce ballet des éléments, ses habitants puisant dans la rigueur du climat une forme de stoïcisme tranquille, loin de l’agitation des centres lointains. Ici, chaque bâtisse semble s’incliner devant la puissance du fleuve, respectant une géographie austère où l’horizon n’offre aucune échappatoire. Les journées s’écoulent dans une sobriété qui refuse l’artifice, cultivant une identité façonnée par les marées et la rudesse du relief, faisant de cette portion de côte un espace où la présence humaine se mesure à la patience du regard posé sur l’eau.
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Explore Ruisseau-à-Sem, 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: 48.973611, -67.058611. 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 Ruisseau-à-Sem includes the postal code (G4W), 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 Ruisseau-à-Sem 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) |