Explore La Glacière, 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 Glacière, 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 Glacière 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 Glacière.
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 Glacière |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Zénon; Matawinie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.496667 |
| Longitude | -73.738333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0K |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGWVU |
La Glacière is a hamlet in Saint-Zénon; Matawinie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. La Glacière is located at 46.4967°N, 73.7383°W.
La Glacière rises as a rugged, sequestered sentinel amidst the dense, enduring forests near the Le Pain de Sucre. It lies 57.2 km west of Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC (from Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC: bearing 270°T), and is situated 9.3 km south-east of Saint-Zénon. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding pines, while the light at dusk settles in long, cool pools of blue across the uneven granite terrain. Just a short distance away, the quiet stillness of Lac Bouchette mirrors the sky, anchoring a landscape defined by its elevation and the deep, hushed reach of the Canadian Shield. While the Rivière L'Assomption courses through the wider valley some seventeen kilometers distant, the immediate surroundings of La Glacière remain defined by the intimate, rocky proximity of the hills and the seasonal persistence of the cold. Visitors drawn to the nearby Les Sept Chutes four kilometers away often find themselves moving through this same stark, quiet corridor, where the land feels less like a backdrop and more like an active, breathing presence. Life around La Glacière has long been shaped by the necessity of adapting to the harsh, brilliant winters that define the Matawinie region. The local economy has historically leaned into the rhythms of forestry and the seasonal demands of outdoor life, where inhabitants rely on a practical, hard-won knowledge of the woods to navigate the changing seasons. The community maintains a character forged in the silence of the high ground, where the pace of daily affairs aligns with the slow, deliberate growth of the timber and the heavy snowfall that insulates the earth. In the quiet evenings, one can sense the weight of the past in the way the wood-smoke hangs low against the slope, marking a human presence that persists in spite of the vast, indifferent wildness that presses in from all sides.
La Glacière s'étire sur un relief accidenté où la lumière du soir semble s'attarder avec une douceur singulière sur les flancs du Pain de Sucre. Ce territoire, façonné par les rigueurs du climat et le labeur des pionniers qui ont défriché ces terres forestières, conserve une dignité austère que le silence souligne. À proximité, le Lac Bouchette offre une étendue d'eau calme dont la surface capte les derniers rayons, tandis que le fracas lointain des Sept Chutes rappelle la vigueur des forces naturelles qui animent le secteur. Plus loin, la Rivière L'Assomption trace son chemin à travers les sous-bois, irriguant cette terre de Matawinie où l'économie repose sur le bois et une présence respectueuse envers les éléments. La Glacière porte en elle la mémoire des familles qui ont bâti leur vie sur ce socle granitique, cultivant une résilience héritée de ceux qui ont parcouru ces sentiers avant eux. Chaque automne, l'air s'alourdit d'une fraîcheur annonciatrice de la neige, et la vie quotidienne s'ajuste au rythme lent des travaux sylvicoles. Dans cette solitude habitée, le paysage se déploie sans artifice, offrant aux regards attentifs la vérité brute d'un sol qui exige beaucoup, mais qui demeure, pour ceux qui y habitent, une terre d'attache profonde.
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Explore La Glacière, 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: 46.496667, -73.738333. 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 Glacière includes the postal code (J0K), 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 Glacière 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) |