Explore La Carrière, 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 La Carrière, 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 La Carrière 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 La Carrière.
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 | La Carrière |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Upton; Acton |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.680833 |
| Longitude | -72.670278 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0H |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EJSGY |
La Carrière is a locality in Upton; Acton, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. La Carrière is located at 45.6808°N, 72.6703°W.
La Carrière emerges from the quiet, low-lying relief near the Côtes de l’Égypte, where the land holds a persistent, damp coolness that settles into the hollows at daybreak. It lies 22.3 km east-north-east of Saint-Hyacinthe, QC (from Saint-Hyacinthe, QC: bearing 74°T), and is situated 9.0 km west-north-west of Acton Vale. The Rivière Duncan carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its banks lined with the dense, dark growth typical of the region’s humid continental climate. To the north, the presence of Lac Laliberté lingers in the local geography like a hidden reservoir of stillness, while the distant, rhythmic roar of the Chutes de Roxton Falls marks the outer reaches of the surrounding drainage basin. Even the sprawling expanse of Parc national de la Yamaska, though separated by many kilometers, exerts a silent pressure on the local horizon, defining the broader ecological character of the Acton region. As the light fades, the atmosphere here gains a heavy, metallic clarity, turning the silt-rich soil into a deep, bruised violet that seems to absorb the evening shadows entirely. The identity of La Carrière is rooted in the extraction and manual labor that once defined the economic pulse of Upton, a history still perceptible in the way the earth has been shaped and broken over generations. Local industry here functioned in close dialogue with the land, pulling raw materials from the bedrock to build the foundations of the surrounding countryside. Today, the pace of life maintains a steady, deliberate motion, reflecting the quiet resilience of a settlement that grew from the necessity of its own geology. While modern life has moved toward more transient pursuits, the older, harder work of the past persists in the stillness of the fields and the way the wind catches the tall grasses along the riverbanks. Residents carry a certain stoicism, an awareness that they live in a landscape that has been worked over and refined by those who came before, leaving behind a quiet legacy that persists beneath the surface of everyday life.
La Carrière se déploie dans une quiétude singulière, là où les terres d’Upton et d’Acton épousent le relief discret des basses-terres. À proximité des Côtes de l'Égypte, le sol garde en mémoire le travail patient des hommes ayant extrait la pierre pour bâtir les fondations du pays. La Rivière Duncan serpente paisiblement à travers ce cadre, ses eaux marquant le rythme lent d’une existence agricole qui s’étire entre les champs et les boisés environnants. À huit kilomètres, les eaux calmes du Lac Laliberté offrent une respiration au paysage, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes de Roxton Falls, situées à seize kilomètres, ponctue l'imaginaire local d'une mélodie sourde et constante. Plus loin, à vingt-huit kilomètres, le Parc national de la Yamaska impose sa présence vaste, contrastant avec l'intimité de La Carrière. La lumière du crépuscule y possède une texture particulière, filtrant à travers les feuillages pour se déposer sur les chemins de terre battue avec une douceur presque palpable. Les traditions héritées du labeur quotidien persistent sous un ciel immense, façonnant une identité où chaque habitant connaît le poids des saisons et la patience nécessaire pour cultiver ces plaines fertiles. Ici, le temps ne se mesure pas aux horloges, mais à la manière dont l'air se rafraîchit dès que le soleil délaisse la Rivière Duncan.
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Explore La Carrière, 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: 45.680833, -72.670278. 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 La Carrière includes the postal code (J0H), 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 La Carrière 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) |