Explore Tour-du-Lac-Orignal, 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 Tour-du-Lac-Orignal, 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.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Tour-du-Lac-Orignal 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 Tour-du-Lac-Orignal.
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 | Tour-du-Lac-Orignal |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | L'Île-d'Anticosti; Minganie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.711944 |
| Longitude | -63.212222 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ERAYZ |
Tour-du-Lac-Orignal is a locality in L'Île-d'Anticosti; Minganie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Tour-du-Lac-Orignal is located at 49.7119°N, 63.2122°W.
Tour-du-Lac-Orignal rests in the quiet embrace of the St. Lawrence, a landscape defined by the rugged austerity of the northern coast. It lies 65.4 km south-south-east of Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC (from Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC: bearing 155°T), and is situated 31.2 km east-south-east of Tour-de-la-Rivière-à-l'Huile. The air here holds a sharp, brine-heavy clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the spruce and fir, while the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples across the stone. Only a kilometer away, the stillness of Lac Orignal offers a counterpoint to the restless movement of the sea, its surface often mirroring the low, grey clouds that drift toward the horizon. Further inland, the Rivière McDonald Ouest carves its persistent path through the terrain, moving toward the gulf some nine kilometers from the reach of the shore. To the east, the vast expanse of Parc national d'Anticosti exerts a silent gravity over the region, preserving a wildness that defies easy cultivation. Life at Tour-du-Lac-Orignal moves with the seasonal pulse of the island, where the persistence of the tides dictates the habits of those who dwell along the periphery. The economy remains rooted in the harvest of the land and the cold, deep waters, a cycle that demands both patience and a hardened resolve against the biting winds. Local traditions are kept in the small, necessary tasks of preparing for the long winter, when the frost tightens its grip on the soil and the silence becomes a physical weight. Though the modern world presses against the island, Tour-du-Lac-Orignal keeps to its own measure, finding a stark beauty in the isolation and the endurance of the stone that forms the bedrock beneath the moss.
Tour-du-Lac-Orignal s'étire avec une humilité minérale sur les rives vastes du Saint-Laurent, là où l'air salin saisit le souffle des terres sauvages de l'Île-d'Anticosti. À peine à un kilomètre de distance, le Lac Orignal offre ses eaux calmes aux reflets changeants, tandis que le murmure lointain de la Rivière McDonald Ouest accompagne le silence des terres environnantes. La lumière du crépuscule y dépose une teinte argentée, soulignant la rudesse accueillante d'un sol façonné par les éléments et l'isolement. À trente-six kilomètres, le Parc national d'Anticosti veille sur l'horizon, rappelant aux habitants la présence souveraine d'une nature indomptable qui dicte le rythme des journées. La vie à Tour-du-Lac-Orignal se déploie dans une sobriété contemplative, portée par la ténacité de ceux qui habitent ces confins de la Minganie. Ici, les gestes quotidiens se succèdent avec une régularité apaisante, loin du tumulte des cités, dans une harmonie simple où le vent du large sculpte chaque relief. Chaque habitant de Tour-du-Lac-Orignal connaît le poids de cette solitude fière, une existence tournée vers les horizons marins et la force silencieuse des paysages qui entourent ces foyers solitaires.
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Explore Tour-du-Lac-Orignal, 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: 49.711944, -63.212222. 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 Tour-du-Lac-Orignal 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 Tour-du-Lac-Orignal 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) |