Explore Crystal Falls, 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.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Crystal Falls, 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 Crystal Falls 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 Crystal Falls.
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 | Crystal Falls |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Arundel; Les Laurentides |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.044167 |
| Longitude | -74.607778 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J8E |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ELCGZ |
Crystal Falls is a hamlet in Arundel; Les Laurentides, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Crystal Falls is located at 46.0442°N, 74.6078°W.
Crystal Falls marks a singular point of intensity where the Rivière Rouge narrows and accelerates over a fractured bedrock shelf. It lies 8.2 km south of Mont-Tremblant, QC (from Mont-Tremblant, QC: bearing 184°T), and is situated 8.0 km north-north-east of Huberdeau. The surrounding terrain tilts toward the water, where the cool, damp air settles in the hollows long after the sun has retreated behind the trees. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic blue, catching the froth of the cascade and holding it in sharp relief against the darker shadows of the woods. Only three kilometers away, the quiet basin of Lac des Ours offers a stark contrast to the persistent, low-frequency hum of the falls, which vibrates in the chest of anyone standing near the bank. The history of Crystal Falls lingers in the remnants of older timber operations that once relied on the power of the Rivière Rouge to move logs toward the mills. Today, the economy leans into a quieter stewardship of the land, with the nearby Chutes de Lakeview serving as a secondary point of interest for those traversing the rugged hills of the region. Daily life in Crystal Falls maintains a focused, practical character, defined by the seasonal shifts that dictate the flow of the river and the reach of the frost. Local tradition honors the persistence of the water, acknowledging that the landscape retains a wild, unmanaged quality that humbles even the most modern machinery.
Crystal Falls se déploie avec une retenue élégante sur les rives de la Rivière Rouge, là où la lumière déclinante du jour semble s'attarder sur le courant pour mieux en souligner la fluidité sombre. Dans ce paysage des Laurentides, le terrain accuse une topographie travaillée par les glaces anciennes, offrant aux habitants une existence rythmée par la proximité immédiate de la nature sauvage. À peine distants de trois kilomètres, les eaux calmes du Lac des Ours exercent une influence apaisante sur l'air ambiant, tandis que le rugissement lointain des Chutes de Lakeview, situées à dix-neuf kilomètres, ponctue le silence des forêts environnantes d'une vibration continue. L'économie locale, façonnée par les exigences d'un sol exigeant et d'une sylviculture persistante, a permis à Crystal Falls de conserver une authenticité rare, loin des agitations urbaines. Les traditions demeurent ici une affaire de patience, portée par une mémoire collective qui respecte autant le travail de la terre que les cycles naturels de la région. Chaque résident observe avec une attention familière le passage des brumes matinales sur la Rivière Rouge, trouvant dans cette solitude géographique une forme de plénitude que seule la rigueur du climat québécois permet de cultiver avec une telle intensité poétique.
Loading news…
Loading news…
Loading news…
Explore Crystal Falls, 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: 46.044167, -74.607778. 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 Crystal Falls includes the postal code (J8E), 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 Crystal Falls 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) |