Explore Lac-Gagnon, 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-Gagnon, 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.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Lac-Gagnon 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-Gagnon.
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.
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| Place | Lac-Gagnon |
| Type | Resort Area |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Val-des-Lacs; Les Laurentides |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.178611 |
| Longitude | -74.348056 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J8C |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGWHJ |
Lac-Gagnon is a resort area in Val-des-Lacs; Les Laurentides, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lac-Gagnon is located at 46.1786°N, 74.3481°W.
Lac-Gagnon rests in a quiet hollow near the slopes of Mont Arpin, where the earth holds the chill of the Canadian shield against its granite bones. It lies 20.6 km east-north-east of Mont-Tremblant, QC (from Mont-Tremblant, QC: bearing 71°T), and is situated 15.4 km north-north-west of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts. The air here possesses a crystalline clarity that sharpens the edges of the surrounding pines, turning the light at dusk into a pale, bruised violet that lingers over the stillness of the water. While the Rivière Archambault carves its path through the lower reaches some distance away, Lac-Gagnon remains the singular heart of its immediate basin, gathering the runoff of the highlands into a basin of deep, reflective silence. Further afield, the vast expanse of Parc national du Mont-Tremblant marks the horizon, yet the immediate vicinity of Lac-Gagnon maintains a self-contained composure, defined by the rugged climb toward the peak of Mont Arpin and the dense, unruly growth that crowds the shoreline. Settlement in this corner of the Laurentides grew from a slow, deliberate clearing of the woods, where the economy once relied on the stubborn harvest of timber and the seasonal endurance of those who knew how to work such difficult, stony ground. Today, the inhabitants of Lac-Gagnon observe a life dictated by the shifting weight of the seasons, moving between the heavy, snow-laden isolation of winter and the brief, frantic burst of summer warmth. The local character is marked by a quiet independence, a byproduct of living where the steep terrain discouraged the rapid expansion seen elsewhere. Even now, one feels the legacy of those early winters in the way the houses sit low to the ground, hunkering down against the wind that descends from the higher elevations, ensuring that the daily movements of people are measured and intentional.
Lac-Gagnon s'étire sous une clarté limpide, là où la topographie accidentée des Laurentides impose sa stature. À l'ombre protectrice du Mont Arpin, l'eau immobile capte les derniers éclats du jour, offrant une surface si lisse qu'elle semble prolonger le ciel jusqu'aux berges escarpées. La présence de la Rivière Archambault, serpentant à quelques lieues de là dans un murmure constant, rappelle la force tranquille qui façonne ces terres depuis des générations. Non loin, le Parc national du Mont-Tremblant dresse ses cimes comme une sentinelle silencieuse, marquant l'horizon de sa masse sombre et indomptable. L'air, chargé d'une humidité légère et d'un parfum de résineux, accompagne le rythme lent des habitants qui ont appris à lire les signes de la terre et du froid. Lac-Gagnon conserve ce caractère singulier, celui d'un repli où la nature, par ses reliefs et ses eaux froides, dicte les gestes quotidiens. Les activités humaines y suivent la mesure imposée par ce terrain exigeant, privilégiant une existence discrète, presque confidentielle. Entre les pentes boisées et le miroir minéral du lac, chaque détail du paysage souligne une solitude paisible, une permanence qui défie les agitations du monde extérieur.
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Explore Lac-Gagnon, 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: 46.178611, -74.348056. 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-Gagnon includes the postal code (J8C), 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-Gagnon 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) |