Explore Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, 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 Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, 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 Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent 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 Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent.
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 | Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent; Bécancour |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.551422 |
| Longitude | -72.125382 |
| Population | 906 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EORUM |
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent is a municipality in Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent; Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent is located at 46.5514°N, 72.1254°W.
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent perches high above the southern bank of the St. Lawrence, where the land meets the broad, gray expanse of the river in a deliberate, measured tension. It lies 32.6 km west-south-west of Donnacona, QC (from Donnacona, QC: bearing 246°T), and is situated 15.5 km south-south-west of Saint-Marc-des-Carrières. The elevation near the Coteau Normandin grants a wide vantage over the moving tides, catching the late afternoon light that turns the water into a sheet of hammered pewter. While the Rivière du Moulin carves its quiet path through the surrounding terrain about 5 km away, the local landscape remains dominated by the sheer presence of the primary waterway, which defines the horizon and the prevailing wind. Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent carries a long history rooted in the extraction of clay, a legacy of brick-making that once shaped the industrial pulse of the settlement and left its mark upon the architecture of the older houses. Today, the pace of life follows the shift of the seasons, with the agricultural fields stretching back from the riverbank in tidy, productive stripes. The air here holds a distinct sharpness, a reminder of the proximity to the water, and the residents maintain a quiet focus on the seasonal cycles that govern the work of the land and the maintenance of their homes.
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent se dresse avec une dignité tranquille sur les falaises qui surplombent les eaux vastes et mouvantes du Saint-Laurent, là où la lumière déclinante transforme l'horizon en une étendue d'argent liquide. Le regard porte loin vers le Coteau Normandin, observant la terre ferme se courber sous l'immensité du ciel, tandis que la brise marine imprègne les jardins et les vergers qui ont longtemps nourri l'économie locale. À quelques kilomètres, le murmure discret de la Rivière du Moulin accompagne la marche des jours, rappelant la patience nécessaire à ceux qui ont bâti leur existence sur ces terres argileuses. L'histoire de Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent demeure indissociable de l'industrie de la brique, une activité qui a façonné le sol et l'esprit des habitants, laissant derrière elle une architecture robuste qui défie les assauts du vent. Cette identité se transmet par les gestes simples de ceux qui cultivent encore le lien avec le fleuve, un héritage qui survit dans la pierre et dans l'air pur. Dans ce cadre dépouillé de tout artifice, chaque crépuscule souligne la persistance d'une vie rythmée par la marée, offrant aux passants la sensation rare d'un monde qui préserve son authenticité face à l'érosion inévitable des heures.
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Explore Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, 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: 46.551422, -72.125382. 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 Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent includes the postal code (G8V), 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 Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent 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) |