Explore Grand-Saint-Esprit, 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 Grand-Saint-Esprit, 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 Grand-Saint-Esprit 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 Grand-Saint-Esprit.
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 | Grand-Saint-Esprit |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Grand-Saint-Esprit; Nicolet-Yamaska |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.181377 |
| Longitude | -72.497041 |
| Population | 488 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J3T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGOED |
Grand-Saint-Esprit is a municipality in Grand-Saint-Esprit; Nicolet-Yamaska, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Grand-Saint-Esprit is located at 46.1814°N, 72.4970°W.
The small, quiet settlement of Grand-Saint-Esprit rests upon a landscape defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Rivière Nicolet. It lies 18.3 km south of Trois-Rivières, QC (from Trois-Rivières, QC: bearing 169°T), and is situated 10.4 km east-south-east of Nicolet. The terrain here holds a particular clarity at dusk, when the low sun stretches long, cooling shadows across the fields near the Plateau Laval, lending the earth a heavy, fertile stillness. While Lac Saint-Paul sits some distance away, the immediate horizon feels dominated by the riparian pulse of the river, which carves its path through the soil with an ancient, patient force. Grand-Saint-Esprit preserves a character rooted in the cycles of the land, where the local economy maintains a steady alignment with agricultural traditions. The architecture and the disposition of the fields reflect a history of cultivation that has endured through changing seasons, marked by the practical demands of rural life. During the height of the harvest, the air carries a crisp, grounding scent of turned earth and drying hay, grounding the daily activities of the inhabitants in the tangible realities of their geography. The focus remains on the fields that stretch toward the water, where the labor of the day eventually yields to the lengthening twilight, a moment when the entire expanse seems to hold its breath against the approaching night.
Grand-Saint-Esprit déploie ses terres fertiles sur un plateau qui domine doucement les méandres de la Rivière Nicolet, offrant aux regards une étendue où la lumière du soir se dépose avec une précision mélancolique. Le relief, marqué par cette proximité avec le Plateau Laval, dessine des horizons où le ciel semble plus vaste, épousant les courbes des champs cultivés qui définissent l’identité agricole de ces espaces. À une distance de quatorze kilomètres, le Lac Saint-Paul demeure une présence immobile, une respiration d'eau calme dans la mémoire du paysage environnant. Grand-Saint-Esprit maintient une dignité silencieuse, celle des lieux qui ont su préserver le rythme lent des travaux de la terre, où chaque saison impose une discipline rigoureuse aux habitants. L’air y possède une texture particulière, une fraîcheur humide remontant du lit de la Rivière Nicolet, imprégnant les façades des demeures éparpillées sur le territoire. Ici, l’histoire ne se raconte pas dans les livres, mais dans la persistance des chemins qui serpentent entre les parcelles labourées et les boisés, témoignant d'une occupation humaine humble, attentive aux caprices du sol et aux nuances changeantes de la clarté crépusculaire qui enveloppe ces plaines du Québec.
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Explore Grand-Saint-Esprit, 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: 46.181377, -72.497041. 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 Grand-Saint-Esprit includes the postal code (J3T), 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 Grand-Saint-Esprit 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) |