Explore The Light, 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 The Light, 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 The Light 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 The Light.
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 | The Light |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Blanc-Sablon; Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 51.373611 |
| Longitude | -57.192222 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EKYLN |
The Light is a locality in Blanc-Sablon; Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. The Light is located at 51.3736°N, 57.1922°W.
The Light stands as a solitary sentinel where the land exhales into the St. Lawrence, its silhouette defined by the hulking presence of Mont Parent. It lies 4.9 km south of Blanc-Sablon, QC (from Blanc-Sablon, QC: bearing 185°T), and is situated 4.3 km south of Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon. The air here tastes of salt and cold stone, a crisp clarity that sharpens the edges of the horizon when the sun dips low behind the rise. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the landscape settles into a rugged quietude, marked by the steady movement of the Rivière de Blanc-Sablon winding its path seven kilometers away. Further inland, the stillness deepens near the quiet waters of Lac à la Poule, also situated seven kilometers distant, where the terrain yields to a vast, wind-scoured expanse. The Light watches over a coast that has long sustained those who look to the sea for their livelihood, where the pulse of the day is governed by the turning tides and the seasonal migration of the water. Generations have built their lives upon this hard, northern bedrock, finding a resilience that mirrors the endurance of the granite beneath their feet. Today, the economy remains rooted in the harvest of the deep, a life of modest industry that respects the reach of the wind and the freezing reach of the winter ice. Through every change in season, the people of The Light maintain a steady focus, their traditions anchored in the persistence required to thrive at the edge of the continent.
The Light se dresse avec une ténacité silencieuse sur les rives froides du Saint-Laurent, là où le vent sculpte le roc et définit les contours du Mont Parent. Dans cette contrée aux confins du monde, la lumière du crépuscule s’étire avec une langueur infinie, venant caresser les reliefs austères et les maisons qui guettent le large. À sept kilomètres de là, les eaux de la Rivière de Blanc-Sablon et la quiétude du Lac à la Poule forment un contraste frappant avec la rudesse du rivage marin, offrant un refuge à ceux qui habitent ces terres depuis des générations. Les habitants de The Light entretiennent une relation singulière avec l’immensité maritime, puisant dans les traditions de pêche et le courage des anciens une manière de survivre aux hivers qui semblent durer une éternité. Le sol, marqué par une géologie ancienne, rappelle à chacun la fragilité de toute existence humaine face à la puissance brute des éléments. Ici, chaque geste quotidien possède une gravité particulière, comme si le temps lui-même ralentissait pour respecter la solitude du paysage. L’horizon ouvert sur le golfe impose une humilité nécessaire, transformant chaque soir en une célébration discrète de la persistance, alors que The Light demeure, imperturbable, face à l’infini des marées qui battent le rocher.
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Explore The Light, 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: 51.373611, -57.192222. 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 The Light includes the postal code (G4T), 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 The Light 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) |