Explore La Poudrière, 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 Poudrière, 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 Poudrière 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 Poudrière.
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 Poudrière |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Windsor; Le Val-Saint-François |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.576111 |
| Longitude | -71.990833 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J1S |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EKZCD |
La Poudrière is a locality in Windsor; Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Poudrière is located at 45.5761°N, 71.9908°W.
La Poudrière occupies a quiet, verdant hollow near the Colline Hardwood, where the land rises in modest, wooded swells above the steady, dark flow of the Rivière Watopeka. It lies 20.6 km north-north-west of Sherbrooke, QC (from Sherbrooke, QC: bearing 338°T), and is situated 15.7 km south-east of Richmond. The air here holds the damp, cool scent of pine and silt, particularly as the evening light catches the surface of the river, turning the moving water into a ribbon of hammered silver. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain maintains a persistent, watchful stillness, though the distant roar of Chutes à Kendall occasionally carries through the trees to remind those nearby of the water’s restless energy. While Petit lac Saint-François rests some distance away, the character of the ground remains defined by this proximity to moving currents and the sheltering presence of the nearby hills. The history of La Poudrière persists in the memory of the landscape, hinting at a time when industry relied upon the force of the river to shape the local economy. Though the pace of daily life has shifted, the legacy of human endeavor lingers in the way the village sits comfortably against the natural contours of the valley. Residents look toward the horizon where the silhouette of Parc national du Mont-Orford marks the edge of the world, a constant, hazy presence that anchors the view. This corner of Le Val-Saint-François maintains a distinct, unpretentious spirit, where the transition from the labor of the past to the quietude of the present feels as natural as the seasonal turn of the leaves.
La Poudrière s'étire avec une humilité certaine aux abords de la Rivière Watopeka, là où le sol semble retenir le souvenir des anciennes activités industrielles qui ont façonné sa destinée. À proximité, la Colline Hardwood impose une présence imposante et rassurante sur l'horizon, protégeant ce recoin du Val-Saint-François des vents dominants. L'air y possède une texture particulière, chargée de l'humidité qui monte des rives, tandis que le murmure des Chutes à Kendall parvient à l'oreille comme une plainte sourde, constante, rappelant la force brute des éléments. À quelques lieues, le Petit lac Saint-François repose dans un silence minéral, loin du tumulte, alors que le relief plus lointain du Parc national du Mont-Orford dessine une ligne sombre contre le ciel du soir. La Poudrière garde en elle cette patience des lieux bâtis par le labeur, où les ombres s'allongent sur les vestiges de pierre à l'heure où la lumière décline, dorant les pentes boisées d'un éclat cuivré. La vie y suit un rythme lent, calqué sur le mouvement infatigable de l'eau qui s'écoule, indifférente aux ans, transformant chaque crépuscule en une méditation sur la permanence du terrain et l'opiniâtreté des hommes qui l'ont habité.
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Explore La Poudrière, 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: 45.576111, -71.990833. 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 Poudrière includes the postal code (J1S), 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 Poudrière 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) |