Explore Lac-Castor, 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 Lac-Castor, 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 Lac-Castor 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 Lac-Castor.
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 | Lac-Castor |
| Type | Village |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Rivière-Rouge; Antoine-Labelle |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.366944 |
| Longitude | -74.880278 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGWEE |
Lac-Castor is a village in Rivière-Rouge; Antoine-Labelle, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lac-Castor is located at 46.3669°N, 74.8803°W.
Lac-Castor rests within the rugged expanse of the Laurentian landscape, a quiet basin held by the dense, coniferous embrace of the surrounding woods. It lies 35.1 km north-west of Mont-Tremblant, QC (from Mont-Tremblant, QC: bearing 322°T), and is situated 14.8 km north-west of Labelle. The water of Lac-Castor reflects the transition of the seasons with a clarity that mirrors the shifting sky, while the nearby Lac Castor sits just a short distance away, linked by the silent, hidden architecture of the watershed. During the long, cold winters, the air turns sharp and thin, holding a stillness that seems to suspend the very trees in place until the thaw invites the Rivière Rouge to quicken its pace once more. The history of Lac-Castor lingers in the persistent, quiet industry of the region, where the extraction of resources and the stewardship of the timber once defined the livelihoods of those who settled these slopes. Life moves with the deliberate intent of a landscape that demands respect for its scale, relying on the steady, seasonal work that has long sustained the families rooted in the Antoine-Labelle district. Traditional practices remain present in the way the land is managed, with the local economy finding its strength in the balance between the forest and the water. The presence of the Rivière Rouge ensures that the pulse of the terrain remains tied to the movement of the current, grounding the daily experience of Lac-Castor in the simple, enduring reality of the Canadian shield.
Lac-Castor s’étire avec une patience minérale sur les rives de la Rivière Rouge, là où le terrain bascule doucement vers des horizons chargés de conifères. La lumière du soir y dépose une clarté presque liquide, révélant la texture rugueuse des terres qui ont vu défiler le labeur des défricheurs et la ténacité des premiers foyers. À seulement un kilomètre de distance, le Lac Castor double cette présence, offrant un miroir calme qui semble absorber le silence des bois environnants. Les activités qui animent ces parages conservent une économie liée à la terre et aux essences forestières, une manière de vivre qui ignore le tumulte des grandes agglomérations pour privilégier le rythme lent des cycles naturels. La Rivière Rouge, en serpentant à travers le relief, dicte encore aujourd'hui la cadence des échanges et le tracé des sentiers qui relient les habitations. En parcourant les abords de Lac-Castor, le visiteur perçoit une identité forgée par le climat rigoureux et la proximité immédiate de l'eau, un héritage qui se manifeste dans la solidité des structures et l'attachement viscéral des résidents à cet espace. Chaque souffle d'air chargé d'humidité rappelle que la géographie ici n'est pas un décor, mais une présence constante qui demande, en retour, une humilité certaine.
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Explore Lac-Castor, 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: 46.366944, -74.880278. 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 Lac-Castor includes the postal code (J0T), 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 Lac-Castor 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) |