Explore Turtle Dam, 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 Turtle Dam, 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 Turtle Dam 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 Turtle Dam.
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 | Turtle Dam |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue; Témiscamingue |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.903056 |
| Longitude | -78.859722 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J9V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EOHOJ |
Turtle Dam is a locality in Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue; Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Turtle Dam is located at 46.9031°N, 78.8597°W.
Turtle Dam rests upon the rugged, enduring shore of Lac Kipawa, where the land rises sharply toward the shadow of the Montagne du Trappeur. It lies 26.8 km north-east of Témiscaming, QC (from Témiscaming, QC: bearing 41°T), and is situated 22.5 km north-east of Kipawa. The water here holds a deep, metallic stillness, reflecting the dense crown of trees that press against the water’s edge in Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue. As dusk descends, the light turns a bruised violet, catching the rough textures of the granite outcrops that define this corner of the Canadian Shield. While the Rivière Audoin flows quietly some seven kilometers away, Turtle Dam maintains its own solitude, governed by the cold, clear currents of the lake and the persistent influence of the wind moving down from the north. The air carries the scent of damp pine needles and the sharp, clean ozone of a gathering storm, grounding the observer in a landscape that feels both vast and intently focused. The history of Turtle Dam is tied to the quiet persistence of those who worked the timber and navigated the complex waterways of this region. Long before the nearby Parc national d'Opémican was established twenty-four kilometers distant to protect the surrounding wilderness, the people here relied on the seasonal cycles of the forest and the lake for their livelihood. Today, the economy leans into a slower pace, shaped by the needs of those who manage the land and the visitors seeking the solitude of the woods. Life moves according to the changing seasons, a cycle felt in the way the frost hardens the earth in autumn and the ice eventually releases the shore of Lac Kipawa in the spring. There is a singular dignity in the way Turtle Dam persists, a small point of human presence held fast within the immense, ancient silence of the woods.
Turtle Dam se déploie sur les rives apaisées du Lac Kipawa, là où la lumière décline avec une lenteur presque tangible sur les versants de la Montagne du Trappeur. Ce paysage de rocs et de conifères, marqué par les usages anciens du bois et les traces des passages nomades, conserve une solennité austère que le murmure lointain de la Rivière Audoin semble ponctuer sans jamais l'interrompre. À quelques lieues de là, l’immensité sauvage du Parc national d'Opémican rappelle la rudesse des hivers et la persistance d’une terre qui ne se laisse apprivoiser qu’avec une infinie patience. Dans le silence de ces bois, Turtle Dam demeure un point de repère silencieux pour ceux qui habitent ce relief accidenté, loin des frénésies urbaines, respirant l’air vif qui descend des hauteurs pour glisser sur la surface sombre des eaux. La vie quotidienne ici se règle sur la respiration du Lac Kipawa, une existence humble qui puise sa force dans la familiarité des sentiers escarpés et la rigueur d’un climat exigeant. Le regard, porté vers l’horizon forestier, saisit la beauté dépouillée de ces espaces où chaque arbre, chaque pierre, raconte une part de l’histoire silencieuse de cette contrée du Témiscamingue.
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Explore Turtle Dam, 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: 46.903056, -78.859722. 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 Turtle Dam includes the postal code (J9V), 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 Turtle Dam 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) |