Explore Lac-des-Piles, 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-des-Piles, 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-des-Piles 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-des-Piles.
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-des-Piles |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Shawinigan; Mauricie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.647222 |
| Longitude | -72.781667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G9T |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGWFT |
Lac-des-Piles is a hamlet in Shawinigan; Mauricie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lac-des-Piles is located at 46.6472°N, 72.7817°W.
Lac-des-Piles rests within a landscape defined by the quiet authority of ancient stone and the deep, reflective surfaces of the northern woods. It lies 22.9 km north-east of Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC (from Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC: bearing 44°T), and is situated 12.1 km north-north-west of Shawinigan. Near the Le Calvaire, the land holds a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows at dusk, turning the air cool and heavy with the scent of damp moss and pine needles. Lac-des-Piles sits near a larger body of water also known as Lac des Piles, where the light at sunset catches the ripples to create a brief, metallic sheen that settles into the darkness long before the stars emerge. The terrain here rises in solid, unyielding ridges, keeping a distance from the Rivière Shawinigan that flows through the lower reaches of the valley, five kilometers away. The history of Lac-des-Piles remains anchored to the rugged shifts in regional industry and the persistent pull of the wilderness that surrounds it. While the distant roar of the Chutes de Shawinigan, thirteen kilometers removed, serves as a reminder of the power once harnessed for the region’s mills, the daily life near Lac-des-Piles favors a more muted existence. Visitors often find their way toward the vast expanse of the Parc national du Canada de la Mauricie, twenty-two kilometers distant, yet the immediate vicinity keeps its own counsel, favoring the quiet maintenance of private homes and the steady routines of those who dwell among the granite outcroppings. The character of the land is defined by this proximity to wilder stretches, providing a threshold where the hum of modern life fades against the austere, enduring presence of the forest.
Lac-des-Piles s’étire avec une sérénité minérale sous la lumière déclinante qui caresse les crêtes rocheuses entourant le Calvaire. L’air y possède cette densité fraîche propre aux terres hautes, où le silence semble s’épaissir à mesure que le crépuscule installe ses ombres bleutées sur le relief accidenté. À seulement un kilomètre, le Lac des Piles offre ses eaux calmes aux reflets d’argent, tandis que la Rivière Shawinigan poursuit sa course obstinée à cinq kilomètres de là, rappelant la force ancienne des courants qui ont façonné le socle de la région. Les résidents observent ce paysage avec une familiarité qui dépasse les mots, habitués à la rigueur des hivers autant qu’à la douceur brève des étés. À treize kilomètres, le fracas lointain des Chutes de Shawinigan murmure à la mémoire du sol, tandis que plus loin, à vingt-deux kilomètres, le Parc national du Canada de la Mauricie déploie ses vastes étendues sauvages. Lac-des-Piles demeure une escale de quiétude, un espace où la rudesse du terrain se marie à une élégance naturelle, portée par le bruissement des pins et le souffle constant venant des hauteurs. Chaque sentier ici raconte une patience apprise, une manière d’exister sans bruit, en accord avec le rythme lent des éléments qui composent ce décor immuable.
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Explore Lac-des-Piles, 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: 46.647222, -72.781667. 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-des-Piles includes the postal code (G9T), 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-des-Piles 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) |