Explore Le Grand-Sainte-Marie, 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-Sainte-Marie, 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-Sainte-Marie 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-Sainte-Marie.
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-Sainte-Marie |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade; Les Chenaux |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.551111 |
| Longitude | -72.224167 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMQHL |
Le Grand-Sainte-Marie is a hamlet in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade; Les Chenaux, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Grand-Sainte-Marie is located at 46.5511°N, 72.2242°W.
Le Grand-Sainte-Marie rests upon the low, fertile stretches of the St. Lawrence, where the land yields slowly to the pull of the water near the Coteau Normandin. It lies 33.7 km north-east of Trois-Rivières, QC (from Trois-Rivières, QC: bearing 46°T), and is situated 7.6 km west of Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent. The Rivière Sainte-Anne winds through this lowland, its current carrying the scent of damp earth and seasonal silt toward the horizon. When the light leans low in the evening, the water takes on a bruised, metallic sheen, reflecting the quietude of a landscape that feels held by the river’s steady, persistent pulse. Further inland, the terrain shifts, keeping its distance from the distant, hidden depths of Lac à la Barbotte and the abrupt, cooling spray of the Chutes de la Cheminée. Settlement in Le Grand-Sainte-Marie traces back to the early agricultural expansion of the region, where the deep, dark soil encouraged a tradition of farming that persists in the quiet organization of the surrounding fields. The local economy relies on this long-standing relationship with the land, supported by the steady drift of trade along the river’s path. Residents observe the change of seasons with a focus on the harvest and the maintenance of the homesteads that define the character of the shore. Life here moves with the practical focus of those who work the earth, finding beauty in the stark, clean lines of a plowed field against the winter sky and the persistent, grounding weight of the river.
Le Grand-Sainte-Marie déploie ses terres basses sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le courant large et puissant impose une cadence lente aux travaux des champs. Près de Coteau Normandin, le sol fertile porte encore la mémoire des labours anciens, tandis que les eaux de la Rivière Sainte-Anne serpentent avec une régularité apaisante à travers les plaines agricoles. La lumière décline sur ces étendues avec une douceur particulière, dorant les granges et les silos qui ponctuent l’horizon. À treize kilomètres de là, le Lac à la Barbotte demeure un refuge silencieux pour la faune, tandis qu’à quatorze kilomètres, les Chutes de la Cheminée animent le relief de leur fracas discret et constant. Le Grand-Sainte-Marie conserve ce caractère rural où chaque bâtisse de bois semble avoir poussé naturellement entre le fleuve et les forêts environnantes. Les habitants vivent en harmonie avec cette géographie de plaines et d’eaux vives, cultivant un héritage qui privilégie la patience et l’observation des éléments. Ici, le vent qui remonte du Saint-Laurent apporte souvent une fraîcheur humide, rappelant à tous que la vie demeure entièrement soumise aux caprices du climat et aux cycles naturels du terrain qui borde les rives.
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Explore Le Grand-Sainte-Marie, 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: 46.551111, -72.224167. 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-Sainte-Marie includes the postal code (G8V), 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-Sainte-Marie 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) |