Explore Lac-Lajoie, 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-Lajoie, 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-Lajoie 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-Lajoie.
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-Lajoie |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Lac-des-Dix-Milles; Matawinie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.419167 |
| Longitude | -74.284722 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EGWJR |
Lac-Lajoie is a hamlet in Lac-des-Dix-Milles; Matawinie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Lac-Lajoie is located at 46.4192°N, 74.2847°W.
Lac-Lajoie rests beneath the watchful presence of Mont Nixon, a mirror of cold water held within the rugged embrace of the Canadian Shield. It lies 41.3 km north-east of Mont-Tremblant, QC (from Mont-Tremblant, QC: bearing 36°T), and is situated 12.2 km north-north-west of Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm. The landscape here is defined by a deep, quiet stillness where the air carries the sharp, resinous scent of spruce and the damp, cooling breath of the earth. Beyond the immediate banks of Lac-Lajoie, the land rises in slopes that reflect the ancient character of the terrain, while the proximity to Parc national du Mont-Tremblant, located only 5 km away, ensures a vast, uninterrupted horizon of boreal forest. At dusk, the light loses its intensity, settling across the surface of the lake in thin, grey layers that seem to hold the day’s heat just long enough for the shadows of the surrounding trees to stretch toward the center of the water. The history of Lac-Lajoie is rooted in the quiet labor of those who looked to the timber and the seasonal turn of the woods, far from the distant rushing of the Rivière L'Assomption, which flows some 9 km away. While the roar of Chutes Croches remains a distant memory at 18 km, the local identity is shaped by a persistent, solitary endurance, where the economy leans into the natural cycles of the forest and the land. Life in this corner of Matawinie moves with the gravity of the seasons, demanding a practical, steady hand from those who dwell near the shores. Even in the height of the clear, biting afternoons, the stillness of the woods provides a grounding weight, reminding inhabitants that their presence is merely a brief pause in the long, slow progression of the northern wilderness.
Lac-Lajoie s'étire dans une langueur contemplative, niché sous le regard tutélaire du Mont Nixon dont les pentes escarpées semblent retenir les derniers souffles du jour. Ici, la lumière du crépuscule glisse sur les eaux immobiles, révélant une clarté minérale qui transforme chaque rive en une confidence silencieuse. La proximité immédiate du Parc national du Mont-Tremblant offre une respiration forestière, un espace où la sylve épaisse domine les reliefs, tandis que le murmure lointain de la Rivière L'Assomption rappelle la circulation souterraine des forces vives de la Matawinie. Plus loin, la mémoire du paysage se fragmente dans l'écume des Chutes Croches, dont le tumulte contraste avec la quiétude minérale du site. Lac-Lajoie habite son propre silence, un domaine où les vents descendent des sommets pour rafraîchir les terres rocailleuses, façonnant une identité rugueuse, patiemment sculptée par les rigueurs du climat boréal. Les habitants connaissent la valeur de ces silences, une solitude partagée avec la faune discrète des sous-bois et le passage des saisons qui modifient, par touches successives, la texture du ciel au-dessus de cette étendue paisible. Chaque sentier, chaque courbe du terrain, murmure une présence humaine humble, adaptée à la rudesse et à la beauté austère d'une nature souveraine, véritable gardienne de ces lieux.
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Explore Lac-Lajoie, 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: 46.419167, -74.284722. 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-Lajoie 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-Lajoie 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) |