Explore Sainte-Germaine-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 Sainte-Germaine-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.
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-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 Sainte-Germaine-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.
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-Station |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lac-Etchemin; Les Etchemins |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.372778 |
| Longitude | -70.437222 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5Y |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EHZKA |
Sainte-Germaine-Station is a administrative sector in Lac-Etchemin; Les Etchemins, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Sainte-Germaine-Station is located at 46.3728°N, 70.4372°W.
Sainte-Germaine-Station occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the steady, persistent movement of the Rivière Famine. It lies 33.1 km north-north-east of Saint-Georges, QC (from Saint-Georges, QC: bearing 33°T), and is situated 5.8 km east-south-east of Lac-Etchemin. The landscape surrounding Sainte-Germaine-Station rises toward the Le Gros Morne, creating a terrain where the horizon is defined by the heavy, wooded slopes of the Appalachian foothills. Two kilometers away, the stillness of Lac de la Vase offers a counterpoint to the restless current of the river, while the distant, rushing roar of Chutes du Diable, nineteen kilometers to the south, reminds one of the water’s relentless descent through these valleys. During the shortening days of autumn, the light catches the moisture rising from the riverbanks, turning the air into a translucent veil that softens the edges of the barns and timber-clad dwellings. Further out, the vast expanse of the Réserve écologique Claude-Mélançon preserves a wilder, older character of the forest, standing as a sentinel against the encroachment of modern development. Historically, the arrival of the railway dictated the growth of Sainte-Germaine-Station, anchoring its economy to the movement of timber and the yields of the surrounding fields. The local identity remains rooted in this agricultural heritage, where the daily cycle of work is dictated by the seasons and the demands of the soil. Neighbors often gather in the cooling evenings, their conversations punctuated by the low hum of agricultural machinery and the distant sound of the river against the stones. Life here follows the deliberate pace of a place that values the weight of tradition, where the winters bring a profound, crystalline silence that settles over the valley, deepening the connection between the inhabitants and the land they cultivate.
Sainte-Germaine-Station s’étire avec une patience minérale sur les terres hautes des Etchemins, là où le relief s’infléchit sous l’ombre bienveillante du Gros Morne. La lumière du jour décline sur les champs en une teinte d’ocre brûlé, révélant la topographie singulière de ce territoire modelé par les glaciations anciennes. À proximité, le cours de la Rivière Famine serpente avec une régularité apaisante, rythmant les travaux des champs et le passage des heures pour ceux qui habitent ces parages. Le Lac de la Vase, situé à deux kilomètres, agit comme un miroir immobile pour les nuées qui traversent le ciel, tandis que plus loin, le grondement sourd des Chutes du Diable, à dix-neuf kilomètres de là, semble murmurer une force souterraine à la terre. Plus au lointain encore, à vingt-six kilomètres, la Réserve écologique Claude-Mélançon préserve une part de la flore sauvage que les premiers défricheurs ont appris à dompter par le labeur agricole. Sainte-Germaine-Station conserve cette élégance simple des lieux où l’air, chargé d’humidité et de sève, porte en lui le souvenir des cycles naturels qui dictent encore, avec une discrétion absolue, le quotidien des habitants et la pérennité de leurs bâtisses de bois.
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Explore Sainte-Germaine-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: 46.372778, -70.437222. 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-Station includes the postal code (G5Y), 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-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) |