Explore La Petite-Acadie, 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 Petite-Acadie, 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 Petite-Acadie 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 Petite-Acadie.
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 | La Petite-Acadie |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Yamachiche; Maskinongé |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.324722 |
| Longitude | -72.859444 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J5V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ENIPA |
La Petite-Acadie is a hamlet in Yamachiche; Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Petite-Acadie is located at 46.3247°N, 72.8594°W.
La Petite-Acadie rests along the northern expanse of the St. Lawrence, where the horizon broadens under a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth below. It lies 21.9 km south-south-east of Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC (from Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC: bearing 153°T), and is situated 10.0 km north-east of Louiseville. The low-lying fields of La Petite-Acadie stretch toward the shadow of La Petite Montagne, a steady presence that anchors the view against the shifting moods of the river. The air here carries a crisp, mineral edge, sharpened by the proximity of the water and the distant, cool spray of Chutes de Sainte-Ursule. During the final hours of the day, the sun catches the silt-heavy currents of the St. Lawrence, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered copper that glows long after the shadows have claimed the shoreline. While the Rivière Chacoura winds through the periphery some seven kilometers away and the quiet waters of Lac aux Castors sit nine kilometers inland, the life of the land remains oriented toward the patient, relentless push of the great river. The history of La Petite-Acadie lingers in the heavy timber of older barns and the stubborn persistence of family-run farms that have held their ground through generations of seasonal change. Local economy remains tied to the soil and the cycles of the harvest, with the daily labor of the people marked by a quiet, deliberate focus on the work at hand. Traditions here are kept close, found in the shared silence of a morning harvest or the way neighbors acknowledge one another while navigating the rural lanes. There is a specific grace in how the people of La Petite-Acadie maintain their connection to this terrain, finding a modest satisfaction in the routine of turning earth and watching the seasons shift across the flat, expansive fields.
La Petite-Acadie s'étire avec une langueur contemplative sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le fleuve impose sa présence souveraine aux terres basses de Yamachiche. À l'horizon, les reliefs de La Petite Montagne dessinent une ligne sombre et protectrice contre le ciel, tandis que l'air, chargé d'une humidité légère, semble conserver le souvenir des premières familles venues s'établir sur ce sol fertile. Le rythme des jours suit ici les oscillations du courant, loin des tumultes urbains, dans une quiétude que seule vient troubler, à sept kilomètres de distance, la course vive de la rivière Chacoura. Plus loin dans l'arrière-pays, les eaux calmes du lac aux Castors et la puissance minérale des chutes de Sainte-Ursule façonnent un relief où la nature demeure la mesure de toute existence. Dans La Petite-Acadie, le crépuscule dépose une teinte améthyste sur les champs et les granges, révélant la persistance d'une identité agricole forgée par le travail manuel. Les habitants cultivent une humilité propre aux gens qui observent les marées et les changements de la lumière, entretenant un lien ténu mais indéfectible avec la terre qui les nourrit et les traditions qui, silencieusement, continuent de dicter la cadence des récoltes et le calme des soirées.
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Explore La Petite-Acadie, 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: 46.324722, -72.859444. 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 Petite-Acadie includes the postal code (J5V), 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 Petite-Acadie 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) |