Explore La Vieille-Église, 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 Vieille-Église, 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 Vieille-Église 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 Vieille-Église.
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 Vieille-Église |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lotbinière; Lotbinière |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.610833 |
| Longitude | -71.955833 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G3M |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EILII |
La Vieille-Église is a locality in Lotbinière; Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. La Vieille-Église is located at 46.6108°N, 71.9558°W.
La Vieille-Église rests upon the sloping banks of the St. Lawrence, where the land gathers itself into the rise of the Coteau de Roche. It lies 18.1 km west-south-west of Donnacona, QC (from Donnacona, QC: bearing 248°T), and is situated 10.5 km south-east of Saint-Marc-des-Carrières. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity that catches the light as it tilts toward the water, illuminating the way the Rivière La Chevrotière carves its path toward the greater current. The terrain is defined by this proximity to the river, a landscape of steady slopes and heavy, dark earth that feels ancient beneath the tread of boots. At dusk, the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the St. Lawrence, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered pewter that seems to hold the quiet weight of the valley. The history of La Vieille-Église is grounded in the patience of those who first cleared the timber to turn the soil of Lotbinière. Agriculture has long defined the local economy, with fields stretching toward the horizon, echoing the traditional patterns of settlement that favored the fertile, river-adjacent slopes. Today, the pace of life maintains a deliberate focus on the seasonal shifts of the land, where the harvest and the thaw dictate the turning of the year. The persistence of these rural habits provides a distinct character to the locality, grounding it in a continuity that ignores the frantic speed of the modern world beyond the Coteau de Roche.
La Vieille-Église s’étire avec une patience minérale le long des rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le fleuve impose sa respiration ample et glacée à la terre de Lotbinière. À proximité du Coteau de Roche, le terrain s’incline doucement vers les eaux, offrant un panorama où la lumière déclinante du soir semble s’attarder sur les sillons des champs pour y déposer une clarté argentée. Le cours discret de la Rivière La Chevrotière serpente à travers ce territoire, apportant une fraîcheur qui accompagne les gestes lents des habitants, héritiers d’une occupation agricole qui façonne encore l’horizon. Ici, les façades des maisons anciennes portent la patine des vents du nord, une robustesse héritée des bâtisseurs qui ont su lire la géographie pour s’y établir. La Vieille-Église conserve dans ses silences une mémoire vive, celle d’un labeur quotidien accordé aux cycles de la terre et des marées, loin de l’agitation des grands axes. Chaque tournant du chemin révèle une perspective nouvelle sur le fleuve, rappelant que l’identité de ce lieu est indissociable de la présence constante des eaux qui défilent sans jamais se lasser, transformant chaque crépuscule en une méditation sur la permanence des choses simples.
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Explore La Vieille-Église, 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: 46.610833, -71.955833. 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 Vieille-Église includes the postal code (G3M), 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 Vieille-Église 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) |