Explore L'Anse-à-Mercier, 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 L'Anse-à-Mercier, 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 L'Anse-à-Mercier 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 L'Anse-à-Mercier.
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 | L'Anse-à-Mercier |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Grande-Vallée; La Côte-de-Gaspé |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.226667 |
| Longitude | -65.102222 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0E |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EFIKG |
L'Anse-à-Mercier is a hamlet in Grande-Vallée; La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. L'Anse-à-Mercier is located at 49.2267°N, 65.1022°W.
L'Anse-à-Mercier emerges from the rugged northern edge of the Gaspé Peninsula, where the land rises sharply toward the Montagne de la Citadelle before falling away to meet the St. Lawrence. It lies 41.2 km north-east of Murdochville, QC (from Murdochville, QC: bearing 44°T), and is situated 1.7 km east of Grande-Vallée. The Rivière de la Grande Vallée carves a path through this steep terrain, its current providing a constant, low-frequency hum that defines the acoustic horizon of the valley. While the dense woods hold a deep, emerald stillness, the light at dusk catches the salt spray drifting inland, turning the mist into a pale, shifting veil that clings to the slopes. Roughly three kilometers away, the quiet basin of Lac du Rocher sits tucked within the higher reaches of the terrain, offering a stark, glassy contrast to the restless turbulence of the nearby coastline. The history of L'Anse-à-Mercier persists in the sturdy, weathered architecture that faces the sea, reflecting generations of inhabitants who looked to the water for their livelihood. Local industry here has long been dictated by the proximity of the St. Lawrence, with the rhythms of life following the seasonal pulse of the tides and the shifting demands of the maritime environment. Families who have persisted in this landscape for decades maintain a quiet, pragmatic resilience, turning their backs to the biting northern winds to focus on the harvest of the river and the sea. Even now, the daily routine reflects a deliberate, measured pace, as if the inhabitants are listening to the land’s own internal cadence, finding satisfaction in the simple, demanding work required to thrive in such a steep and unforgiving corner of the coast.
L'Anse-à-Mercier s'étire avec une ténacité silencieuse sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le ressac vient polir les galets sous la garde vigilante de la Montagne de la Citadelle. Le paysage se définit par ce mouvement perpétuel des marées qui lèchent les berges de la Rivière de la Grande Vallée, dessinant une frontière mouvante entre la terre ferme et l'immensité bleue. À quelques kilomètres dans les terres, le Lac du Rocher demeure une présence discrète, un miroir sombre niché dans le relief escarpé qui protège cette enclave contre les vents dominants du large. L'Anse-à-Mercier porte dans son nom même la mémoire des hommes qui ont choisi de bâtir leur existence face aux éléments, transformant le littoral en un espace de labeur où la pêche et l'agriculture se sont longtemps côtoyées. La lumière du crépuscule glisse sur les pentes, accentuant le relief austère de la Montagne de la Citadelle et plongeant les vallons dans une pénombre bleutée qui semble suspendre le temps. Ici, l'air salin imprègne chaque pierre, rappelant aux habitants la rigueur nécessaire pour habiter ces marges du territoire, tandis que le courant de la Rivière de la Grande Vallée continue de sculpter inlassablement le socle rocheux de ce rivage singulier.
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Explore L'Anse-à-Mercier, 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: 49.226667, -65.102222. 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 L'Anse-à-Mercier includes the postal code (G0E), 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 L'Anse-à-Mercier 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) |