Explore Le Croche-des-Maires, 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 Le Croche-des-Maires, 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 Le Croche-des-Maires 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 Le Croche-des-Maires.
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 | Le Croche-des-Maires |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Félicien; Le Domaine-du-Roy |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.711111 |
| Longitude | -72.403333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8K |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ELAER |
Le Croche-des-Maires is a locality in Saint-Félicien; Le Domaine-du-Roy, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Le Croche-des-Maires is located at 48.7111°N, 72.4033°W.
Le Croche-des-Maires rests in the quiet cradle where the Rivière Ticouapé meets the vast, expansive waters of Lac Saint-Jean. It lies 7.2 km north-north-east of Saint-Félicien, QC (from Saint-Félicien, QC: bearing 26°T), and is situated 15.0 km north-north-west of Vertuose. The low slopes of the Colline Têtu stand as a silent sentinel over the landscape, where the golden light of late afternoon clings to the reeds and darkens the surface of the river. Life in Le Croche-des-Maires follows the seasonal turning of the water, with the air carrying a crisp, boreal sharpness that deepens as the sun dips below the horizon. Those who dwell here observe the migration of birds and the shifting ice with a constancy that acknowledges the weight of the surrounding earth, while the proximity of Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon serves as a reminder of the wild, unyielding nature that persists just beyond the threshold of the settled shore. Historically, the economy of Saint-Félicien and the surrounding Domaine-du-Roy region has drawn its strength from the forest and the fertile basin that feeds the local industry. The people of Le Croche-des-Maires continue to navigate the demands of their environment, balancing the heritage of timber and agriculture with the quiet persistence of a life lived close to the water. Every morning, the mist rises from the Rivière Ticouapé to cloak the fields, obscuring the boundary between the cultivated land and the dense, green reach of the bush. Traditions here are kept with a steady, deliberate hand, reflecting a culture that values the endurance of the family and the labor of the seasons over the frantic pace of the modern world.
Le Croche-des-Maires s'étire avec une lenteur tranquille le long des rives du Lac Saint-Jean, là où la terre semble retenir son souffle avant de se fondre dans l'immensité des eaux. Dominé par la présence silencieuse de la Colline Têtu, ce secteur de Saint-Félicien observe le passage de la Rivière Ticouapé qui serpente vers le large avec une constance souveraine. La lumière du soir y possède une épaisseur particulière, dorant les champs et les battures d'une clarté qui paraît suspendre le mouvement des heures. Les habitants de Le Croche-des-Maires connaissent bien ce dialogue entre le sol arable et l'humidité constante des berges, héritage d'une vie façonnée par la proximité du courant et l'exigence du climat. À une trentaine de kilomètres, le Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon dessine une ligne sombre sur l'horizon, rappelant la rigueur d'une nature sauvage qui ceinture ces espaces cultivés. Ici, le rythme quotidien s'accorde au murmure de la Rivière Ticouapé et à la respiration du Lac Saint-Jean, créant une atmosphère où la rudesse du travail agricole se mêle à une contemplation presque immobile des paysages qui entourent chaque demeure, offrant une sérénité rare à ceux qui habitent ces terres basses.
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Explore Le Croche-des-Maires, 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: 48.711111, -72.403333. 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 Le Croche-des-Maires includes the postal code (G8K), 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 Le Croche-des-Maires 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) |