Explore La Petite-Prairie, 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-Prairie, 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-Prairie 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-Prairie.
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 Petite-Prairie |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Béarn; Témiscamingue |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.288611 |
| Longitude | -79.299167 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J9V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EOHIT |
La Petite-Prairie is a locality in Béarn; Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. La Petite-Prairie is located at 47.2886°N, 79.2992°W.
La Petite-Prairie rests as a quiet expanse of boreal transition, where the land holds the stillness of the Témiscamingue woods. It lies 11.3 km east-south-east of Ville-Marie, QC (from Ville-Marie, QC: bearing 113°T), and is situated 2.2 km east-south-east of Béarn. The terrain here rises toward The Lookout, offering a vantage point where the light at dusk stretches long and thin across the clearing, turning the grasses into a pale, shimmering bronze. To the south, the presence of Lac de la Petite Prairie exerts a cooling influence on the air, keeping the mornings sharp and clean, while the distant, hidden path of the Petite rivière Blanche marks the deeper hollows of the watershed. The history of La Petite-Prairie reflects the persistent labor of those who cleared the cedar and spruce to make room for small-scale sustenance. Life here moves with the season, defined by the woodsmoke of autumn and the deep, muffled silence that descends when the first snows settle against the timber frames. While the local economy has shifted from the early days of timber harvesting, La Petite-Prairie maintains a character rooted in the resilience of its settlers, who learned to read the sky as much as the soil. The people of La Petite-Prairie find a steady satisfaction in the turning of the year, valuing the slow accumulation of winter wood and the quiet return of the migratory birds to the nearby basins.
La Petite-Prairie s’étire sous un ciel immense du Témiscamingue, là où la terre semble retenir son souffle avant de basculer vers les horizons du nord. Dans cette contrée façonnée par l'effort des défricheurs, le sol se prête à une agriculture patiente, héritière des familles ayant jadis tracé des sillons dans l’argile lourde pour y faire lever le grain. À trois kilomètres de distance, le Lac de la Petite Prairie miroite sous la lumière oblique du soir, offrant une surface calme qui renvoie l’éclat cuivré du couchant sur les champs environnants. Plus loin, à une dizaine de kilomètres, la Petite rivière Blanche serpente avec une discrétion minérale, soulignant le creux des terres basses par son murmure constant. La Petite-Prairie conserve cette rectitude des lieux bâtis pour durer, où chaque bâtiment de bois et chaque rangée de clôtures racontent une économie liée au travail de la terre et à la rudesse des hivers. Près de The Lookout, le relief accuse une ascension légère, invitant à observer l'étendue de cette plaine qui s'ouvre, sans obstacle, vers l'immensité. L'air y possède une fraîcheur tranchante qui saisit les poumons, rappelant à quiconque s'y arrête que le paysage demeure le seul véritable maître de ces espaces sauvages.
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Explore La Petite-Prairie, 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: 47.288611, -79.299167. 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-Prairie includes the postal code (J9V), 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-Prairie 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) |