Explore La Roche-du-Diable, 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 Roche-du-Diable, 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 Roche-du-Diable 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 Roche-du-Diable.
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 Roche-du-Diable |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse; Bellechasse |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.691389 |
| Longitude | -70.793333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G6C |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMMWD |
La Roche-du-Diable is a locality in Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse; Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Roche-du-Diable is located at 46.6914°N, 70.7933°W.
La Roche-du-Diable stands as a singular, brooding sentinel within the rugged expanse of Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse. It lies 33.1 km north-north-east of Sainte-Marie, QC (from Sainte-Marie, QC: bearing 32°T), and is situated 14.7 km east-north-east of Saint-Anselme. The terrain surrounding La Roche-du-Diable possesses a stark, quiet gravity, defined by the proximity of the Rocher Turgeon and the stillness of Lac à Beaudoin, which sits barely a kilometer away. Here, the light of late afternoon clings to the stone surfaces, turning the grey mineral faces into cold, polished mirrors that hold the silence of the upland woods. A few kilometers beyond the immediate horizon, the Rivière des Abénaquis cuts a slow, deliberate path through the earth, while the distant, rushing energy of Chutes Rouillard marks the deeper wildness of the region. The air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, grounded by the influence of the Réserve écologique Claude-Mélançon, which anchors the broader wilderness twenty-eight kilometers to the south. History in La Roche-du-Diable resides in the persistence of the land and the quiet endurance of those who work the soil of Bellechasse. The local economy relies on the steady, seasonal cycles of agriculture and forestry, trades that demand a profound familiarity with the shifting frost and the temperament of the seasons. Life here moves with the deliberate weight of honest labor, far removed from the frantic pace of denser centers, yet deeply connected to the legacy of the people who first navigated these dense corridors of timber and rock. The character of the locale reflects this solitude, where the tradition of quiet observation remains as vital as the harvest, ensuring that La Roche-du-Diable retains its unique, unyielding identity amidst the expansive, forested hills.
La Roche-du-Diable s'élève avec une gravité minérale dans le relief accidenté de Bellechasse, imposant sa présence sombre au-dessus des terres agricoles qui s'étirent vers l'horizon. À proximité immédiate, le Lac à Beaudoin miroite sous une lumière déclinante, offrant une surface calme qui contraste avec la rudesse du granite voisin. Non loin, le Rocher Turgeon semble veiller sur ce sol façonné par les travaux des premiers défricheurs, dont l'opiniâtreté a tracé les chemins sillonnant les vallons. L'air y possède une fraîcheur singulière, chargée de l'humidité des Chutes Rouillard situées à quelques lieues, tandis que la Rivière des Abénaquis serpente plus loin, rappelant la mémoire des peuples autochtones qui connurent ces bois bien avant l'installation des fermes. La Réserve écologique Claude-Mélançon préserve, à une distance respectueuse, la flore sauvage que les habitants côtoient dans un respect silencieux, nourri par la rigueur des hivers et la brièveté des étés. La Roche-du-Diable incarne ce dialogue entre la pierre ancienne et le travail humain, une terre où chaque parcelle labourée porte la trace d'une patience héritée, loin de l'agitation des grands centres, dans le calme pur d'un paysage qui refuse de se laisser dompter par la modernité.
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Explore La Roche-du-Diable, 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: 46.691389, -70.793333. 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 Roche-du-Diable includes the postal code (G6C), 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 Roche-du-Diable 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) |