Explore La Plaque-Verte, 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 Plaque-Verte, 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 Plaque-Verte 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 Plaque-Verte.
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 Plaque-Verte |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine; Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.399444 |
| Longitude | -61.770556 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EJKJT |
La Plaque-Verte is a locality in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine; Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Plaque-Verte is located at 47.3994°N, 61.7706°W.
La Plaque-Verte rests as a sharp, salt-crusted prominence within the Buttes Pelées, rising against the vast, shifting grey of the St. Lawrence. It lies 8.0 km east-north-east of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC (from Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC: bearing 70°T), and is situated 7.1 km east-north-east of Cap-aux-Meules. The wind here possesses a scouring quality, tasting of brine and cold stone, which strips the air of pretense and leaves the horizon feeling exceptionally wide. Toward the east, the landscape opens toward Le Grand Barachois, where the tides draw back to expose the ribbed, muddy floor of the basin in a slow, rhythmic respiration. Further out, the distant sprawl of the Réserve nationale de faune de la pointe de l'Est creates a sanctuary of dunes and grasses that anchors the edge of the archipelago. Under the low, heavy light of dusk, La Plaque-Verte turns a muted, metallic shade, appearing less like land and more like a dark ridge of iron pressed against the sea. Life at La Plaque-Verte persists by reading the weather, as the local economy has long bowed to the temper of the surrounding waters. The inhabitants maintain a watchful proximity to the marine environment, where the harvest of the sea provides a primary focus for those who work the docks and the nearby coastal reaches. The architecture is modest and low-slung, built to deflect the persistent gales that roar across the Buttes Pelées without obstruction. In the quiet hours of the morning, when the fog clings to the slopes, the sound of the surf against the shore provides a constant, heavy pulse that defines the day. Traditions here are kept close, grounded in the hard-won practicalities of island survival and the shared knowledge of the currents that swirl around the coast.
La Plaque-Verte s’étire avec une humilité minérale sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où les Buttes Pelées dessinent des ondulations douces sous un ciel changeant. Le vent marin, chargé de sel et de souvenirs, sculpte le relief de ce terrain façonné par la rudesse atlantique et la patience de ceux qui ont appris à habiter le bord du monde. À quelques kilomètres, le Grand Barachois retient les eaux dans un calme qui contraste avec le souffle incessant de la marée, offrant un refuge aux oiseaux qui survolent cette terre isolée. Plus loin, vers l'horizon, la Réserve nationale de faune de la pointe de l'Est protège la fragilité des dunes et des herbes folles. La Plaque-Verte demeure habitée par une simplicité que les années n’altèrent point, où chaque geste quotidien possède la précision du pêcheur ou du cultivateur qui connaît le poids de sa terre. Ici, la lumière du crépuscule s’attarde sur les rochers, révélant des teintes ocres et argentées qui transforment le paysage en une étendue presque irréelle. Entre l'immensité du fleuve et la solidité des buttes, la vie suit son cours, portée par une mémoire acadienne qui résonne dans le silence des espaces ouverts.
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Explore La Plaque-Verte, 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: 47.399444, -61.770556. 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 Plaque-Verte includes the postal code (G4T), 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 Plaque-Verte 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) |