Explore Asbestos, 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 Asbestos, 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 Asbestos 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 Asbestos.
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 | Asbestos |
| Type | Post Office |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Val-des-Sources; Les Sources |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.773333 |
| Longitude | -71.936111 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J1T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMAOE |
Asbestos is a post office in Val-des-Sources; Les Sources, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Asbestos is located at 45.7733°N, 71.9361°W.
Asbestos sits nestled within the rolling topography of the Eastern Townships, where the earth holds a quiet, heavy presence beneath the shifting Quebec sky. The horizon around Asbestos is defined by the proximity of the Butte à Dion, which rises as a constant, weathered sentinel above the surrounding lowlands. Nearby, the Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest carves a persistent path through the terrain, its currents carrying the cool, clear runoff of the region. On summer evenings, the light catches the metallic dust still lingering in the air, turning the sunset into a bruised, copper glow that settles over the fields and the distant, dark tree lines. Lac Perkins lies about 10 km away, a hidden basin of stillness, while the Chutes Fontainebleau is about 11 km away, where the water fractures against stone in a perpetual, rhythmic collapse. The history of Asbestos remains inseparable from the deep, subterranean wealth that once defined its entire existence and economy. For generations, the extraction of minerals pulled the residents toward the immense, open-pit scars that now serve as the dominant feature of the local geography. While the industrial output has shifted, the character of Asbestos persists with a stoic, hardworking gravity, shaped by those who spent their lives working the earth’s seams. The daily life in Val-des-Sources follows the steady, predictable pulse of a place that has learned to live with its own legacy, finding beauty in the stark, industrial architecture that stands against the greenery. Despite the changing tides of labor, a fierce sense of belonging endures, grounding the people of Les Sources to the land that gave them their livelihood and their name.
Asbestos s’étire sur le relief accidenté du Butte à Dion, là où la terre garde en mémoire la puissance des roches extraites de ses entrailles. La Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest serpente à proximité, apportant une fraîcheur humide qui s’attarde sur les façades lorsque le crépuscule dépose une lumière cuivrée sur le paysage minier. Le quotidien à Asbestos se règle sur la persévérance des hommes ayant bâti leur existence entre ces fosses profondes et les horizons vastes des Cantons. À une dizaine de kilomètres, le Lac Perkins demeure un miroir immobile sous le ciel, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes Fontainebleau scande le silence des bois environnants. L'air y possède cette densité particulière, chargée d'une histoire industrielle qui a façonné le caractère fier de ses habitants. Ici, chaque sentier qui s'enfonce dans la terre souligne le rapport intime entre la rudesse du sol et le labeur quotidien. Dans cette partie des Sources, les habitations semblent s'accrocher à la pente, observant le passage des heures sous une clarté limpide qui magnifie la texture minérale du terrain. La vie s'y poursuit dans une retenue tranquille, portée par le bruissement des eaux proches et la solidité d'une géographie qui refuse de se laisser oublier.
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Explore Asbestos, 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: 45.773333, -71.936111. 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 Asbestos includes the postal code (J1T), 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 Asbestos 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) |