Explore La Richardière, 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 Richardière, 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 Richardière 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 Richardière.
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 Richardière |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs; Rivière-du-Loup |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.039167 |
| Longitude | -69.412778 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G5R |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ENQYF |
La Richardière is a locality in Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs; Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. La Richardière is located at 48.0392°N, 69.4128°W.
La Richardière occupies a quiet, salt-sprayed reach of land where the relentless currents of the St. Lawrence meet the rugged shoreline of Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs. It lies 20.1 km west-south-west of Trois-Pistoles, QC (from Trois-Pistoles, QC: bearing 241°T), and is situated 6.4 km west-north-west of L'Isle-Verte. The terrain here is defined by the proximity of the Le Gros Cacouna, a prominent mass that stands as a silent sentinel over the shifting tides and the low, marshy margins of the coast. Near the mouth of the Rivière des Îlets, the air carries a persistent, crisp chill, often heavy with the scent of brine and damp earth that clings to the grasses long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. The landscape of La Richardière remains defined by the interplay between these waters and the solid, enduring rock, creating a space where the light at dusk turns the surface of the St. Lawrence into a sheet of hammered silver, cold and vast. The history of La Richardière is tied to the traditional patterns of life in Rivière-du-Loup, where the economy has long drawn its vitality from the bounty of the river and the seasonal demands of the land. Residents navigate the cycles of the climate with a practiced patience, tending to local interests that have persisted through generations of maritime change. Small-scale industry and regional maritime traditions provide the backbone of daily life, keeping the focus sharp on the immediate needs of the coast. In the quiet hours of the morning, the sound of the Rivière des Îlets moving toward the main channel serves as a constant reminder of the physical forces that continue to shape this corner of the world, anchoring the lives of those who dwell here to the rhythms of the tide.
La Richardière s'étire avec une patience minérale sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le fleuve impose sa majesté glacée et ses marées souveraines. À proximité du Gros Cacouna, le paysage bascule dans une lumière changeante, souvent bleutée, qui semble retenir le souffle des vents marins. La Rivière des Îlets serpente entre les terres basses, apportant une humeur plus douce, presque confidentielle, à ces parcelles qui portent en elles la mémoire des premiers défrichements. Ici, le travail de la terre se conjugue avec une vigilance constante tournée vers l'eau, héritage silencieux d'une identité forgée par la rudesse du climat et la proximité des vagues. La Richardière vit au rythme de ces eaux, ses résidents cultivant une ténacité discrète, presque végétale, à l'image des herbes hautes qui bordent le rivage. Dans le silence du crépuscule, les maisons semblent se blottir contre l'horizon, observant le passage des courants comme on guette une promesse ancienne. Les traditions locales, nourries par une existence modeste mais liée aux cycles du Saint-Laurent, confèrent à La Richardière une allure singulière, une persistance qui défie l'usure, où chaque souffle d'air chargé d'écume rappelle la fragilité et la force de cette terre.
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Explore La Richardière, 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: 48.039167, -69.412778. 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 Richardière includes the postal code (G5R), 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 Richardière 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) |