Explore L'Île-à-Lafond, 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'Île-à-Lafond, 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'Île-à-Lafond 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'Île-à-Lafond.
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 | L'Île-à-Lafond |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade; Les Chenaux |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.553889 |
| Longitude | -72.200278 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMVPO |
L'Île-à-Lafond is a hamlet in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade; Les Chenaux, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. L'Île-à-Lafond is located at 46.5539°N, 72.2003°W.
L'Île-à-Lafond rests quietly amidst the shifting currents of the Rivière Sainte-Anne, an island of silt and endurance cradled near the Coteau Normandin. It lies 35.2 km north-east of Trois-Rivières, QC (from Trois-Rivières, QC: bearing 48°T), and is situated 5.7 km west of Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent. The water here possesses a particular clarity, turning a deep, reflective charcoal as the light fades behind the distant tree line. While Lac à la Barbotte holds its stillness fourteen kilometers away and the rush of the Chutes de la Cheminée echoes from sixteen kilometers beyond, the immediate landscape of L'Île-à-Lafond remains defined by the persistent, murmuring passage of the St. Lawrence. The air carries a crisp, damp weight that clings to the riverbanks, marking the changing seasons with an insistent, cold clarity that settles into the reeds and alluvial soil. Life in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade revolves around the seasonal pulse of the river, a practice that has sustained the families of Les Chenaux for generations through fishing and traditional agriculture. L'Île-à-Lafond stands as a silent witness to the industrious history of the region, where the economy was long shaped by the bounty of the water and the sturdy patience required to work the land. The local character is marked by a quiet tenacity, a habit of watching the ice and the freshets with the practiced eye of those who know the river as both neighbor and master. Even now, the daily movements of the people follow the slow, heavy gravity of the tides, grounding the present in the enduring, unspoken knowledge of the currents.
L'Île-à-Lafond émerge des eaux tranquilles du Saint-Laurent, là où le courant ralentit pour épouser les rives de la Rivière Sainte-Anne. Dans ce secteur proche de Coteau Normandin, la lumière décline avec une douceur particulière, dorant les herbes hautes et les terres basses qui marquent le passage vers les terres intérieures. Le paysage conserve une humilité tranquille, loin des foules, où le silence est seulement interrompu par le mouvement des marées et le souffle régulier du vent venant du fleuve. À quatorze kilomètres de là, le Lac à la Barbotte offre ses eaux calmes, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes de la Cheminée, à seize kilomètres, rappelle la puissance minérale de la région. L'Île-à-Lafond semble exister dans une parenthèse, préservée par le rythme des saisons agricoles et la proximité de l'eau qui imprègne chaque geste quotidien des habitants. Les maisons, tournées vers le rivage, observent le ciel changer de teinte, passant du bleu acier au gris perle, tandis que la terre, fertile et généreuse, porte en elle la mémoire des premières occupations. Ici, le quotidien s'écoule avec une lenteur apaisante, chaque heure semblant respecter la patience nécessaire pour cultiver ces sols riches, héritage direct de la force nourricière de la Rivière Sainte-Anne.
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Explore L'Île-à-Lafond, 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: 46.553889, -72.200278. 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'Île-à-Lafond 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 L'Île-à-Lafond 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) |