Explore Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate, 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 Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate, 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 Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate 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 Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate.
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 | Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | L'Île-d'Anticosti; Minganie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.654122 |
| Longitude | -62.951963 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESPSL |
Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate is a administrative sector in L'Île-d'Anticosti; Minganie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate is located at 49.6541°N, 62.9520°W.
Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate rests along the rugged edge of the St. Lawrence, where the cold salt air sharpens the senses and defines the horizon. It lies 80.3 km south-east of Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC (from Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC: bearing 145°T), and is situated 51.0 km east-south-east of Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile. The Rivière à la Patate carves a path through this limestone landscape, its waters dark and purposeful as they move toward the coast. Inland, the terrain rises into dense, resilient forests that guard the silence of the island, while the presence of Lac Lapointe, just 5 km away, offers a quiet mirror to the grey, shifting skies. At dusk, the light clings to the rocky outcrops, turning the pale stone into something luminous and cold, a fleeting glow that settles over the earth before the deep maritime night takes hold. The proximity of Parc national d'Anticosti, located 19 km away, frames the identity of Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate, anchoring the land in a protected, wild stillness. Life here is shaped by the raw geography of the island, where the economy and daily movements follow the moods of the river and the sea. History resides in the layers of the earth and the persistence of those who navigate this remote corner of Minganie. The character of the land demands a certain patience, rewarding those who observe the way the wind bends the coastal spruce and how the moisture from the St. Lawrence clings to the mossy banks of the Rivière à la Patate.
Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate s’étire avec une patience minérale sur les rives froides du Saint-Laurent, là où le souffle du large sculpte les falaises calcaires. La Rivière à la Patate trace son sillage parmi les affleurements rocheux, murmurant des secrets géologiques vers les eaux sombres du golfe. À quelques encablures, le Lac Lapointe repose dans une solitude paisible, tandis que le Parc national d'Anticosti impose sa présence sauvage et majestueuse à une vingtaine de kilomètres, gardien silencieux d'une biodiversité farouche. Le vent qui balaie ces terres apporte une humidité chargée de sel, imprégnant les sols d’une rigueur que seuls les arbres rabougris et les mousses tenaces parviennent à apprivoiser. Autour du Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate, le paysage se dépouille de tout artifice pour révéler l’essentiel : une roche mère tourmentée, une lumière crépusculaire qui semble suspendre le cours des heures et une solitude qui ne pèse jamais, mais protège. Les nuances de gris et de bleu s'y confondent dans un équilibre précaire, invitant au silence face à l'immensité. Ce territoire, marqué par la force des éléments, demeure un repère singulier, une frontière naturelle où la terre et l'eau s'observent sans jamais totalement se confondre, offrant aux rares visiteurs la mesure exacte d'une nature indomptée.
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Explore Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate, 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: 49.654122, -62.951963. 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 Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate includes the postal code (G4X), 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 Secteur de la Grotte-à-la-Patate 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) |