Explore Lac-Chanoine, 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-Chanoine, 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-Chanoine 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-Chanoine.
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-Chanoine |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez; Matawinie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.167222 |
| Longitude | -73.688611 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J6E |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGWEG |
Lac-Chanoine is a hamlet in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez; Matawinie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lac-Chanoine is located at 46.1672°N, 73.6886°W.
Lac-Chanoine rests as a quiet, reflective basin held within the rugged embrace of the Mont Saint-Jean terrain. It lies 24.8 km north-west of Joliette, QC (from Joliette, QC: bearing 310°T), and is situated 14.0 km north of Rawdon. The water here holds the sky in a mirror of deep indigo, bordered by the dense, coniferous shadows that define the Matawinie wilderness. Beside the primary water, the adjacent Lac du Chanoine shares the same stillness, creating a twin-like presence that anchors the local topography. At dusk, the light slants across the granite outcrops, turning the surface of the water into a sheet of hammered pewter while the air cools with the scent of damp balsam and stone. The history of Lac-Chanoine remains tied to the slow, deliberate work of the land, where the local economy has long been shaped by the presence of the forest and the nearby reach of the Rivière L'Assomption. While the distant, thundering water of Chutes Mason draws visitors to the wider region, the immediate surroundings of Lac-Chanoine favor a more secluded, private character. Life here moves according to the turning of the seasons, demanding a practical resilience from those who inhabit the slopes of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez. The stillness of the woods is occasionally broken by the sharp, industrious sound of seasonal woodcutting or the distant call of a loon, marking the hours in a way that feels entirely removed from the urgency of the world beyond the trees.
Lac-Chanoine se blottit contre les flancs vigoureux du Mont Saint-Jean, là où la terre de la Matawinie semble s’étirer pour accueillir les premières ombres du soir. Le Lac du Chanoine occupe le centre de ce relief accidenté, offrant une surface d’eau calme qui capte les derniers reflets cuivrés du soleil avant que la nuit ne s’installe sur les bois environnants. À quelques kilomètres, la Rivière L’Assomption chemine avec une patience ancienne, modelant le terrain par ses méandres discrets, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes Mason rappelle la force vive de ces reliefs québécois. La vie autour de Lac-Chanoine s’est développée dans un respect silencieux pour cette topographie exigeante, héritant d’une tradition agricole où le travail de la terre se conjugue avec la rudesse du climat. Les habitations se dispersent parmi les érables et les conifères, formant un ensemble où chaque chemin semble répondre à la géographie immédiate des lieux. Ici, le quotidien se règle sur le rythme lent des éléments, dans une sérénité que seule la nature sauvage peut offrir à ceux qui habitent ces parages. Lac-Chanoine demeure une présence discrète, un point de repère familier pour les résidents qui connaissent le chant particulier du vent sur les crêtes rocheuses et la fraîcheur constante que dégagent les eaux sombres de la région.
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Explore Lac-Chanoine, 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: 46.167222, -73.688611. 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-Chanoine includes the postal code (J6E), 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-Chanoine 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) |