Explore Bois-du-Curé, 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 Bois-du-Curé, 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 Bois-du-Curé 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 Bois-du-Curé.
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 | Bois-du-Curé |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Contrecœur; Marguerite-D'Youville |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.846389 |
| Longitude | -73.235 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J5T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ENXGF |
Bois-du-Curé is a locality in Contrecœur; Marguerite-D'Youville, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Bois-du-Curé is located at 45.8464°N, 73.2350°W.
Bois-du-Curé rests with a quiet weight along the St. Lawrence, where the low horizon yields to the steady, persistent pulse of the river. It lies 23.9 km south-south-west of Sorel-Tracy, QC (from Sorel-Tracy, QC: bearing 203°T), and is situated 15.7 km east-north-east of L'Assomption. The land surrounding Bois-du-Curé stretches toward the Coteau de Salvail, a subtle rise that captures the evening light and holds it against the cooling fields. Nearby, the Rivière Saint-Jean carves a modest path through the earth, its waters mirroring the changing moods of a vast, open sky. Even as the seasons shift the color of the grasses, the air maintains a crisp, salt-tinged clarity that defines the character of the shore. While Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville sits thirty-two kilometers away, the local landscape retains a distinct, solitary focus, grounded in the immediate reach of the water and the open, working soil. History in Bois-du-Curé flows from the legacy of Contrecœur, where the traditions of the Marguerite-D'Youville region persist in the shape of the farmsteads and the orientation of the roads. The local economy relies upon the endurance of the land, with agricultural cycles dictating the pace of the day and the quiet industry of the inhabitants. Life here follows the currents of the river, an ancient corridor of transit that once brought settlers to these banks and continues to define the boundaries of the locality. Residents move with a deliberate attention to the weather and the tides, finding a steady purpose in the maintenance of the fields and the seasonal rhythms of the water. Beneath the surface of the everyday, a deep familiarity with the terrain persists, ensuring that the identity of Bois-du-Curé remains anchored to the physical reality of the river and the expansive fields that define its borders.
Bois-du-Curé s'étire avec une patience tranquille sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le fleuve impose son souffle vaste et sa présence indomptable au paysage de Marguerite-D'Youville. À proximité du Coteau de Salvail, les terres basses captent la lumière oblique des fins de journée, transformant les champs en étendues de cuivre poli sous un ciel qui semble s'élargir sans limites. Le cours paisible de la Rivière Saint-Jean serpente à travers ce territoire agricole, offrant une respiration humide à une plaine où le travail de la terre définit depuis toujours le rythme des heures. L'air y circule avec une limpidité particulière, chargée des effluves de l'eau et de la terre grasse qui caractérisent cette zone riveraine. Si le Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville se trouve à une distance qui permet de percevoir l'immensité de l'horizon, Bois-du-Curé affirme sa propre identité par cette proximité constante avec le mouvement perpétuel du grand courant. Les habitants observent les variations de la marée et le passage des saisons avec une attention silencieuse, respectant la géographie plane et fertile qui entoure chaque demeure. Dans ce cadre où la terre rencontre l'eau, Bois-du-Curé conserve une dignité simple, celle des lieux qui, loin des agitations, savent encore garder le secret de leur propre persistance.
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Explore Bois-du-Curé, 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: 45.846389, -73.235. 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 Bois-du-Curé includes the postal code (J5T), 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 Bois-du-Curé 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) |