Explore Le Grand-Ruisseau, 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 Grand-Ruisseau, 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 Grand-Ruisseau 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 Grand-Ruisseau.
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 | Le Grand-Ruisseau |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Yamachiche; Maskinongé |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.341667 |
| Longitude | -72.845 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J5V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ENIPE |
Le Grand-Ruisseau is a hamlet in Yamachiche; Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Grand-Ruisseau is located at 46.3417°N, 72.8450°W.
Le Grand-Ruisseau occupies a quiet, low-lying stretch of land near the St. Lawrence, where the horizon feels heavy with the damp, silver promise of the river. It lies 20.8 km south-south-east of Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC (from Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC: bearing 148°T), and is situated 12.1 km north-east of Louiseville. The terrain around Le Grand-Ruisseau unfolds toward the rise of La Petite Montagne, creating a landscape that feels perpetually caught between the push of the water and the stillness of the fields. During the blue hour, the air turns sharp and thin, holding the scent of silt and cooling earth as the light flattens across the grasses. While the Petite rivière Yamachiche winds its course some 9 km away and the quiet basin of Lac aux Castors sits 7 km distant, the immediate surroundings remain defined by the persistent, hushed influence of the nearby Chutes de Sainte-Ursule, situated 20 km to the north. Generations in this corner of Yamachiche have shaped their lives around the cycles of the soil, maintaining a traditional economy rooted in the productivity of the land. The history of Le Grand-Ruisseau lingers in the weathered wood of old outbuildings and the purposeful, steady movement of machinery during harvest, when dust rises in golden plumes against the darkening sky. Life here follows the weight of the seasons, favoring a deliberate pace that acknowledges the reach of the St. Lawrence and the stubborn, enduring character of the local geography. Every evening, the cooling air carries a faint, rhythmic reminder of the water, grounding the people in a sense of place that requires no fanfare to be understood.
Le Grand-Ruisseau s’étire avec une patience minérale sur les rives vastes du Saint-Laurent, là où la terre semble hésiter avant de plonger dans le fleuve. À proximité de La Petite Montagne, le relief s'assouplit, offrant aux vents du large une étendue dégagée où la lumière du crépuscule glisse avec une précision presque liquide. Le paysage se dessine par la présence discrète de la Petite rivière Yamachiche qui serpente à neuf kilomètres de là, tandis que le silence des terres est parfois ponctué par l'écho lointain des Chutes de Sainte-Ursule, situées à une vingtaine de kilomètres dans les terres, et par la quiétude du Lac aux Castors, distant de sept kilomètres. Dans ce secteur de la plaine, l'agriculture a longtemps dicté le rythme des jours, sculptant un horizon où les sillons de labour répondent à la rectitude des clôtures. Le Grand-Ruisseau conserve cette identité paysanne, portée par des lignées qui connaissent la texture exacte de chaque parcelle de sol et la manière dont le gel saisit les herbes hautes à l’approche de l'hiver. L’air y possède une netteté particulière, chargée de l'humidité du fleuve et de la rudesse des terres intérieures, créant une atmosphère où chaque geste quotidien semble trouver sa place dans une harmonie ancienne et immuable.
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Explore Le Grand-Ruisseau, 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: 46.341667, -72.845. 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 Grand-Ruisseau includes the postal code (J5V), 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 Grand-Ruisseau 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) |