Explore La Presqu'île, 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 Presqu'île, 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 Presqu'île 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 Presqu'île.
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 Presqu'île |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Pie; Les Maskoutains |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.511944 |
| Longitude | -72.962778 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0N |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EIXHQ |
La Presqu'île is a locality in Saint-Pie; Les Maskoutains, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. La Presqu'île is located at 45.5119°N, 72.9628°W.
La Presqu'île rests as a quiet reach of land held firmly by the winding curves of the Rivière Yamaska. It lies 12.7 km south of Saint-Hyacinthe, QC (from Saint-Hyacinthe, QC: bearing 186°T), and is situated 11.8 km north-north-east of Saint-Césaire. The water here moves with a deliberate, heavy grace, reflecting the shifting violet and bruised gold of the evening sky as it curls past the Les Côtes. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain is defined by the steady, productive pulse of the earth, where the soil holds the damp chill of the river long after the sun has retreated. While Lac Saint-Damase sits eight kilometers removed and the distant silhouette of Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno rises twenty-eight kilometers away, La Presqu'île feels entirely contained by the immediate presence of the river. The air carries a scent of wet stone and dark loam, a reminder of the alluvial strength that has long shaped the character of this low-lying bend in the landscape. Agriculture forms the backbone of life in Saint-Pie and Les Maskoutains, anchoring the people of La Presqu'île to the cycles of planting and harvest that define the local economy. Historical records suggest the land was sought for its fertility, with families settling along the fertile corridor to cultivate the rich, black earth. Today, the pace of the day is marked by the mechanical hum of farm machinery and the seasonal migration of crops, an industry that remains the heartbeat of the region. Despite the reach of modern development, the life of the inhabitants remains tied to the river’s edge, where the tradition of land stewardship persists with a quiet, stubborn endurance that mirrors the persistence of the current itself.
La Presqu'île s'étire avec une langueur mélancolique sur les rives fertiles de la Rivière Yamaska, là où le sol des Maskoutains garde encore le souvenir des labours ancestraux. À l'heure où le crépuscule dépose sur les champs une lumière d'ambre, l'air s'alourdit d'une humidité douce, presque sucrée, rappelant la proximité des terres cultivées qui font la fierté de cette contrée québécoise. Le relief, d'une platitude rassurante, se laisse sculpter par les méandres du cours d'eau, créant un horizon où le ciel semble s'incliner pour toucher les frondaisons. À quelques lieues de là, le Lac Saint-Damase sommeille dans une quiétude minérale, tandis que les hauteurs du Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno dominent la ligne de fuite, silhouettes lointaines et sombres contre l'azur qui s'éteint. La Presqu'île vit au rythme d'une économie humble, façonnée par le travail des mains et la patience des hommes qui connaissent chaque pli de leur terre. Ici, le silence n'est jamais vide ; il est habité par le clapotis discret de la Rivière Yamaska et le souffle léger du vent qui traverse les Côtes, emportant avec lui les secrets d'une vie simple, dédiée au respect des cycles de la terre et à la permanence des gestes quotidiens.
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Explore La Presqu'île, 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: 45.511944, -72.962778. 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 Presqu'île includes the postal code (G0N), 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 Presqu'île 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) |