Explore Lac-Saint-Amour, 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-Saint-Amour, 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-Saint-Amour 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-Saint-Amour.
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-Saint-Amour |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs; Les Pays-d'en-Haut |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.854167 |
| Longitude | -74.124167 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0R |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EGWOC |
Lac-Saint-Amour is a hamlet in Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs; Les Pays-d'en-Haut, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Lac-Saint-Amour is located at 45.8542°N, 74.1242°W.
Lac-Saint-Amour rests within the rugged folds of the Mont Sainte-Anne, where the high ground catches the first grey light of morning before it spills down toward the Rivière du Nord. It lies 12.8 km north-west of Saint-Jérôme, QC (from Saint-Jérôme, QC: bearing 313°T), and is situated 5.1 km south-south-east of Saint-Sauveur. The air here holds a distinct, sharp clarity, carrying the scent of damp stone and pine needles that defines the character of the highlands. While the Chutes de New Glasgow surge with a distant, rhythmic roar nineteen kilometers away, the immediate surroundings of Lac-Saint-Amour offer a quieter, more contained presence. The land moves in steep, rocky shifts, demanding a steady pace from those who traverse its slopes. As dusk settles, the surface of the water turns to dark glass, reflecting the dense wall of trees that crowd the shorelines and hold the silence of the deep woods. The history of Lac-Saint-Amour stays anchored to the cycles of the seasons and the hard-won labor of the early settlers who cleared these slopes. While the local economy has evolved from the primary extraction of timber to a modern life centered on seasonal residence and quiet stewardship, the connection to the land persists in the way the dwellings are tucked into the hillsides. Life in Lac-Saint-Amour follows the turning of the year, with the winter bringing a heavy, insulating stillness that mutes the world, followed by the sudden, rushing vitality of the spring thaw. The people who inhabit these heights maintain a grounded independence, acknowledging the proximity of the Rivière du Nord as both a historic artery for transport and a constant, flowing neighbor to their daily existence.
Lac-Saint-Amour déploie ses rives paisibles dans le Mont Sainte-Anne, là où la terre s'élève en une ondulation familière et protectrice. La présence de la Rivière du Nord dicte le rythme secret de ce territoire, serpentant avec une persistance tranquille qui façonne les contours du sol et nourrit la mémoire des bois environnants. Lorsque le crépuscule s'étire sur les eaux, une lumière dorée vient se déposer sur la surface du Lac-Saint-Amour, révélant la texture minérale et végétale de ce coin de pays où l'air semble porter le poids d'un silence ancien. À dix-neuf kilomètres de distance, le fracas lointain des Chutes de New Glasgow rappelle la force vive de l'eau qui sculpte la géographie régionale, une puissance sourde que l'on perçoit ici comme une simple promesse de mouvement. Les habitants de ce secteur cultivent une relation intime avec ces horizons, habitués au calme des forêts et à la rudesse douce des hivers qui figent les courants sans jamais briser le lien profond unissant les gens à leur environnement. Chaque chemin qui s'enfonce dans le relief souligne une appartenance farouche à ce sol, transformant la simple survie en un art de vivre où la nature ne se contemple pas, mais se respire à plein poumon.
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Explore Lac-Saint-Amour, 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: 45.854167, -74.124167. 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-Saint-Amour includes the postal code (J0R), 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-Saint-Amour 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) |