Explore Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire, 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-à-l'Eau-Claire, 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-à-l'Eau-Claire 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-à-l'Eau-Claire.
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-à-l'Eau-Claire |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Élie-de-Caxton; Maskinongé |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.543144 |
| Longitude | -73.087966 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G9R |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EGWCA |
Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire is a locality in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton; Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire is located at 46.5431°N, 73.0880°W.
Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire rests in a quiet hollow near the Mont Georges, where the land holds the cool, persistent stillness of the Canadian shield. It lies 8.9 km west-north-west of Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC (from Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC: bearing 303°T), and is situated 10.2 km north-north-east of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts. The water of the Rivière à l'Eau Claire moves with a deliberate, glassy clarity, reflecting the dense canopy that crowds the banks of the lake. Beside the shoreline, Lac Bienvenue sits in quiet proximity, mirroring the same heavy, dark greens of the surrounding woods. As dusk settles, the light shifts from gold to a bruised violet, catching the ripples of the Rivière à l'Eau Claire until the surface seems to hold the weight of the coming night. This terrain, marked by the presence of the Mont Georges, demands a careful step through the dense undergrowth, where the air feels thin and sharp against the lungs. The history of Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire is tied to the movement of timber and the slow expansion of the northern frontier, which eventually gave way to a quieter, more seasonal existence. Today, the local economy remains focused on the land and the pull of the wilderness, drawing those who seek the solitude found thirty kilometers away at the Parc national du Canada de la Mauricie. People here move with an economy of motion, shaped by the demands of a climate that swings between biting winters and humid, insect-heavy summers. The character of the locality is defined by this isolation, where the sounds of the Rivière à l'Eau Claire provide a constant, low-frequency pulse beneath the stillness of the trees. Life in Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire persists in the margins, away from the wider world, favoring the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons over the frantic pace of the south.
Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire s'éveille sous une lumière pâle, là où le Mont Georges domine silencieusement les courbes de la Rivière à l'Eau Claire. Le terrain, façonné par des siècles de patience géologique, offre une perspective où le Lac Bienvenue se confond presque avec les eaux miroitantes de son voisin immédiat. À trente kilomètres, la vaste étendue du Parc national du Canada de la Mauricie impose une présence sauvage, imprégnant l'air d'une odeur de terre humide et de résineux qui semble flotter sur chaque sentier. La vie à Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire suit le rythme lent des marées de verdure, une existence simple qui puise sa force dans la proximité des éléments naturels. Les habitants habitués aux caprices de la météo observent le ciel changer de teinte au-dessus des crêtes, tandis que la Rivière à l'Eau Claire poursuit son chemin immuable vers des horizons lointains. Ici, la terre garde ses secrets, ne laissant paraître que la beauté austère des rochers et la clarté des eaux qui reflètent les premières lueurs du jour. Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire demeure un espace de silence et de contemplation, où chaque bruissement de feuille rappelle la permanence d'un environnement dont la géographie définit chaque geste, chaque saison, et chaque souffle de ceux qui ont élu domicile sur ses rives paisibles.
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Explore Lac-à-l'Eau-Claire, 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: 46.543144, -73.087966. 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-à-l'Eau-Claire includes the postal code (G9R), 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-à-l'Eau-Claire 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) |