Explore Sainte-Germaine, 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 Sainte-Germaine, 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 Sainte-Germaine 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 Sainte-Germaine.
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 | Sainte-Germaine |
| Type | Village |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Germaine-Boulé; Abitibi-Ouest |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.602152 |
| Longitude | -79.114536 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EJAQK |
Sainte-Germaine is a village in Sainte-Germaine-Boulé; Abitibi-Ouest, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Sainte-Germaine is located at 48.6022°N, 79.1145°W.
Sainte-Germaine anchors a quiet stretch of the Abitibi-Ouest landscape, cradled near the rugged rise of the Collines Destor. It lies 23.7 km south-south-east of La Sarre, QC (from La Sarre, QC: bearing 164°T), and is situated 13.7 km north-east of Duparquet. The Rivière Palmarolle carves a steady, dark path through the terrain, its currents mirroring the vast, shifting clouds that define the northern sky. Beyond the immediate banks, the land holds a stillness that deepens as the sun dips behind the distant ridges, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields. While Lac Mauberge rests eight kilometers away in the quiet woods, the presence of the water remains a constant, silent neighbor to those who work the soil. Even the air feels heavier with the scent of damp earth and pine, a reminder of the proximity to the expansive wilderness of Parc national d'Aiguebelle, which sits twenty-nine kilometers to the southeast. The history of Sainte-Germaine is marked by the deliberate labor of those who cleared the dense brush to establish a foothold in this demanding climate. Agriculture sustains the local economy, with robust farmsteads standing against the frost, their machinery humming in the early morning light as the seasons dictate the pace of survival. Life here demands a certain endurance, requiring a familiarity with the cycle of the seasons and the harsh, clean bite of the winter wind. Traditions are kept in the small, shared moments of the day, where the work of the harvest or the maintenance of the homestead creates a common purpose among the residents. The character of Sainte-Germaine reflects this pragmatism, a grounded existence where the horizon is wide and the connection to the surrounding geography dictates the daily course of human activity.
Sainte-Germaine s’étire avec une simplicité grave sur les terres basses de l’Abitibi-Ouest, là où la terre noire et les labours témoignent d’un labeur opiniâtre forgé par les premiers défricheurs. La lumière du couchant, singulièrement limpide, vient lécher les rives de la Rivière Palmarolle dont le cours lent rythme la respiration agricole des champs environnants. À l’horizon, le relief accidenté des Collines Destor dessine une ligne sombre et protectrice contre les vents du nord, tandis que le souvenir du Lac Mauberge, blotti à quelques kilomètres, imprègne l'air d'une fraîcheur humide. Le Parc national d'Aiguebelle, situé à une distance respectueuse, prolonge cette sauvagerie boréale que les habitants apprivoisent par leur ténacité quotidienne. Dans le silence des soirs d'été, Sainte-Germaine semble suspendue entre l'immensité des forêts anciennes et la rigueur des sillons tracés par la main de l'homme. Ici, chaque bâtisse et chaque rang conservent une mémoire de la terre, une fidélité aux racines qui ne s'efface pas devant le passage des ans. Les résidents partagent une culture où le bois et le sol dictent les gestes, perpétuant une existence sobre, tournée vers la patience des récoltes et la sérénité des grands espaces qui entourent ce territoire singulier.
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Explore Sainte-Germaine, 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: 48.602152, -79.114536. 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 Sainte-Germaine includes the postal code (G5X), 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 Sainte-Germaine 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) |