Explore Saint-Médard, 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 Saint-Médard, 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 Saint-Médard 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 Saint-Médard.
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 | Saint-Médard |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Médard; Les Basques |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.043394 |
| Longitude | -68.904625 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0L |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EIANI |
Saint-Médard is a municipality in Saint-Médard; Les Basques, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Saint-Médard is located at 48.0434°N, 68.9046°W.
Saint-Médard rests within the quiet embrace of the terrain near the La Batoche, where the land holds the stillness of the northern woods. It lies 22.1 km east-south-east of Trois-Pistoles, QC (from Trois-Pistoles, QC: bearing 114°T), and is situated 11.8 km east-north-east of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu. The Rivière Abraham-Bell carves a deliberate path through the earth, its currents mirroring the grey-blue light that gathers along the banks as the afternoon wanes. To the north, the presence of Lac Abraham-Bell anchors the horizon, a mirror for the passing clouds that drift above the dense, textured canopy of the valley. Here, the air carries a crisp, lingering chill that settles into the hollows, turning the breath into thin plumes of mist before the onset of the long, steady dusk. The life of Saint-Médard reflects a history built upon the steady labor of the forest and the soil, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the timber and the rhythms of the seasons. Residents move with a focused intent, tending to the work that keeps the hearths burning and the clearings maintained against the encroaching wild. Though Parc national du Bic lies thirty-five kilometers away, the local horizon feels complete within the immediate shadow of the hills and the steady pulse of the Rivière Abraham-Bell. Traditions endure in the quiet persistence of the families who remain, finding a distinct beauty in the way the frost catches the needles of the spruce, signaling the slow, inevitable turn toward the deep winter.
Saint-Médard déploie ses terres sur un plateau accidenté où la lumière du soir semble s'attarder avec une douceur singulière, révélant la patience des champs qui bordent les rives de la Rivière Abraham-Bell. Ici, le rythme de vie se calque sur la terre nourricière, héritage d'un labeur agricole qui façonne encore l'horizon et maintient une relation intime avec les cycles de la nature. À quelques kilomètres, le Lac Abraham-Bell miroitant sous le ciel bas offre un repos aux regards, tandis que la proximité relative du Parc national du Bic, distant de trente-cinq kilomètres, rappelle la présence d'une nature sauvage et préservée. Saint-Médard conserve une dignité tranquille, celle des lieux qui ont appris à composer avec la rudesse du climat et la solitude des espaces ouverts. Les habitations se groupent avec une modeste assurance, proches de La Batoche, dans une atmosphère où le silence n'est jamais vide, mais habité par le murmure constant de l'eau et le bruissement des hautes herbes. La robustesse des bâtisses et le tracé des chemins témoignent d'une volonté tenace de s'inscrire durablement dans ce sol québécois, affirmant une identité singulière qui refuse de se laisser effacer par l'immensité du territoire environnant.
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Explore Saint-Médard, 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: 48.043394, -68.904625. 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 Saint-Médard 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 Saint-Médard 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) |