Explore Girardville, 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 Girardville, 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 Girardville 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 Girardville.
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 | Girardville |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Girardville; Maria-Chapdelaine |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.002711 |
| Longitude | -72.546919 |
| Population | 1,018 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8M |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EGMUU |
Girardville is a municipality in Girardville; Maria-Chapdelaine, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Girardville is located at 49.0027°N, 72.5469°W.
Girardville rests within the quiet northern expanse of the Maria-Chapdelaine region, defined by the persistent, cold pull of the Rivière Ouasiemsca. It lies 27.3 km west-north-west of Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC (from Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC: bearing 301°T), and is situated 15.4 km north-north-west of Albanel. The water of the Rivière Ouasiemsca defines the character of the landscape, moving with a steady, dark clarity that mirrors the deep greens of the surrounding woods. Beyond the immediate banks, the land holds a stillness that deepens as the light fades into the long, blue shadows of evening, particularly near the quiet edges of Lac de l'Aqueduc, located just a short distance away. The air here carries a crisp, sharpened edge that demands a certain resilience from those who dwell within its reach, grounding the senses in the physical reality of northern terrain. During the warmer months, the mist rising from the water catches the low sun, creating a fleeting, silver brilliance that settles over the trees and the modest structures of Girardville alike. Historically rooted in the rugged demands of the forestry industry, Girardville maintains an identity shaped by the endurance required to inhabit such a remote and demanding environment. The local economy relies on the rhythms of timber and the careful stewardship of natural resources, a way of life that has persisted through the changing seasons for generations. Beyond the daily labor, the region draws interest for its natural features, with the powerful presence of Chutes chez Robert-Nadeau offering a striking contrast to the flatter stretches of the river. Life in Girardville moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the weight of the winter, where the community finds its strength in the simple, necessary tasks of the day and the quiet beauty of the wild geography that encircles every home.
Girardville déploie son étendue paisible sur les rives de la Rivière Ouasiemsca, là où le souffle boréal sculpte une terre de labeur et de persévérance. Le regard s’égare vers les étendues forestières qui entourent ces terres, tandis que le Lac de l’Aqueduc, distant d’à peine deux kilomètres, offre un miroir immobile au ciel changeant de Maria-Chapdelaine. Le fracas lointain des Chutes chez Robert-Nadeau, situées à quinze kilomètres, habite le silence de la forêt comme une respiration constante, rappelant la force brute des eaux qui ont façonné cette contrée. L’économie de Girardville se nourrit de cette forêt omniprésente, dont le bois a nourri les foyers et les scieries depuis l’époque des premiers défricheurs venus braver les hivers rigoureux. Ici, la vie s'écoule au rythme des tâches quotidiennes, dans la simplicité des gestes hérités des bâtisseurs qui ont su dompter ce sol exigeant. La lumière du crépuscule glisse sur le relief, révélant une âme façonnée par la rudesse du climat et la chaleur des échanges entre voisins. Entre les courants de la Rivière Ouasiemsca et l’horizon boisé, Girardville demeure une halte singulière, gardienne d’une identité farouchement attachée à la terre, où chaque sentier et chaque recoin racontent la patience d’une existence en harmonie avec les éléments.
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Explore Girardville, 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: 49.002711, -72.546919. 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 Girardville includes the postal code (G8M), 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 Girardville 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) |