Explore Wilson, 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 Wilson, 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 Wilson 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 Wilson.
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 | Wilson |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds; Les Appalaches |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.313889 |
| Longitude | -71.306944 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0S |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EJKLU |
Wilson is a hamlet in Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds; Les Appalaches, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Wilson is located at 46.3139°N, 71.3069°W.
Wilson occupies a quiet station near the Colline Harvey, where the land rises to meet the persistent, cool air characteristic of Les Appalaches. It lies 25.0 km north of Thetford Mines, QC (from Thetford Mines, QC: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.6 km south-west of Saint-Sylvestre. The Rivière Palmer carves a persistent path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the gray-blue light that settles over the valley as the sun dips behind the hills. Nearby, the Chutes de Sainte-Agathe offer a sudden, vertical rush of sound, punctuating the stillness that otherwise defines the surrounding woods. To the north, the presence of Lac McRea adds a deeper stillness to the horizon, grounding Wilson in a landscape dominated by the ancient, weathered spine of the mountains. Industry in Wilson reflects the hard-won character of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, where the earth has long demanded both labor and patience from those who dwell upon it. The economy remains rooted in the traditional rhythms of agricultural life and the harvest of the forest, traditions that persist despite the slow, modern shifts in the regional economy. Residents go about their days with a steady focus, their lives shaped by the seasonal turn of the soil and the clearing of mountain timber. The heritage of the region lingers in the sturdy architecture and the quietude of the fields, where the quality of the dusk light turns the hills into dark, velvet ridges against a fading sky.
Wilson s'étire avec une lenteur recueillie sur les rives de la Rivière Palmer, là où le relief des Appalaches s'adoucit pour épouser les flancs de la Colline Harvey. Dans cette lumière déclinante qui semble suspendre le souffle des champs, le sol garde la mémoire des labeurs anciens, lorsque les défricheurs ont apprivoisé cette terre pour y ancrer leur existence. À quelques lieues de là, le Lac McRea dort sous une nappe de brume argentée, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes de Sainte-Agathe scande le silence profond des bois avoisinants. La vie à Wilson suit le rythme des cycles agraires, une cadence sobre où chaque geste répété honore la fidélité des habitants à leur héritage rural. L'air y est pur, chargé de cette fraîcheur minérale qui descend des hauteurs, balayant les vallons avant de se perdre parmi les érables. Ici, la modernité ne bouscule pas les habitudes ; elle s'incline devant la noblesse du paysage et la persistance des traditions qui lient les familles au terroir. Wilson demeure ce sanctuaire discret où le temps, loin de s'effacer, se mesure à l'immobilité des collines et à la course patiente de l'eau, offrant aux regards attentifs une beauté austère, presque secrète, qui ne demande qu'à être contemplée dans le calme absolu du soir.
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Explore Wilson, 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: 46.313889, -71.306944. 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 Wilson includes the postal code (G0S), 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 Wilson 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) |