Explore Développement-la-Terre, 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 Développement-la-Terre, 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.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Développement-la-Terre 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 Développement-la-Terre.
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.
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| Place | Développement-la-Terre |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Wotton; Les Sources |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.803333 |
| Longitude | -71.828889 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J1T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ELBMR |
Développement-la-Terre is a hamlet in Wotton; Les Sources, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Développement-la-Terre is located at 45.8033°N, 71.8289°W.
Développement-la-Terre sits nestled within the modest rise of the Butte à Tarzan, where the land holds the quiet gravity of the Wotton region. It lies 9.0 km east-north-east of Val-des-Sources, QC (from Val-des-Sources, QC: bearing 71°T), and is situated 12.2 km south-east of Tingwick. The Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest courses through the terrain, its waters carving a path that defines the local topography and lends a cool, damp scent to the evening air. Here, the light at dusk settles heavily against the slopes, turning the grasses a bruised gold before the shadows lengthen and pull the horizon inward. The ground underfoot feels firm and ancient, a landscape shaped by the persistent movement of water and the slow, steady accumulation of seasons that defines this particular stretch of the earth. The character of Développement-la-Terre remains tied to the agricultural history of Les Sources, where the work of the day follows the demands of the soil and the temperament of the climate. While the pace of life here values the preservation of local tradition, the proximity of the Chutes Fontainebleau, located about 9 km away, serves as a natural marker that draws the eye toward the broader, more rugged features of the surrounding wilderness. Economic activity in this part of Quebec remains grounded in the stewardship of the land, reflecting a quiet persistence in how the residents manage their fields and forests. A certain stillness persists in the afternoons, as if the land itself were listening for the faint, distant rush of the river, anchoring the people of Développement-la-Terre to the physical realities of the ground they occupy.
Développement-la-Terre s'étire avec une humilité silencieuse sur le relief onduleux du Butte à Tarzan, là où les terres des Sources s'inclinent vers la vitalité de la Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest. À cet endroit précis, le sol conserve une mémoire agricole robuste, façonnée par des générations qui ont appris à lire les caprices du climat continental dans le frémissement des feuillages. La lumière du crépuscule glisse sur les pentes, transformant la texture des champs en une étoffe changeante tandis que l'air, chargé d'une fraîcheur humide provenant des méandres du cours d'eau, enveloppe les habitations. À neuf kilomètres de distance, le grondement sourd et lointain des Chutes Fontainebleau ponctue l'horizon, rappelant la puissance indomptée de la géographie environnante. Les résidents de Développement-la-Terre partagent un rapport intime avec cette topographie escarpée, cultivant une existence rythmée par le travail de la terre et la patience nécessaire aux travaux des champs. Ici, chaque sentier qui serpente autour du Butte à Tarzan raconte une persévérance silencieuse, portée par des hommes et des femmes dont l'identité se confond avec les replis de ces vallons québécois. L'esprit de ce territoire demeure fidèle à sa nature sauvage et généreuse, offrant une quiétude que seul le souffle du vent sur la Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest parvient à troubler.
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Explore Développement-la-Terre, 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: 45.803333, -71.828889. 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 Développement-la-Terre 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 Développement-la-Terre 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) |