Explore Le Lac-Cristal, 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 Lac-Cristal, 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 Lac-Cristal 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 Lac-Cristal.
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 Lac-Cristal |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Marsoui; La Haute-Gaspésie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.110277 |
| Longitude | -65.978888 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESOLA |
Le Lac-Cristal is a administrative sector in Marsoui; La Haute-Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Lac-Cristal is located at 49.1103°N, 65.9789°W.
Le Lac-Cristal rests quietly within the high, rugged shoulders of the Montagne à Côté, a basin of stillness tucked into the northern reaches of the landscape. It lies 38.9 km west-north-west of Murdochville, QC (from Murdochville, QC: bearing 296°T), and is situated 13.5 km south-south-west of Rivière-à-Claude. The air here holds a thin, sharp clarity, cooling rapidly as the sun slips behind the ridgeline and leaves the surface of the water in a deep, darkening indigo. Nearby, the Grand lac Cristal mirrors the sky with an identical, glassy composure, while the Rivière à Claude draws the meltwater away toward the coast. The terrain is defined by the steep, forested slopes that guard these basins, creating a sheltered pocket where the wind often settles into a heavy, expectant silence. Far to the south, the vast, protected reaches of Parc national de la Gaspésie anchor the horizon, grounding the wilder, more mountainous character of the broader region. Life surrounding Le Lac-Cristal reflects the spare, industrious spirit of Marsoui and the wider La Haute-Gaspésie, where the economy has long leaned into the rhythms of the forest and the pull of the tides. Families here have built their days around the seasonal demands of the woods and the fluctuating yield of the nearby waters, keeping a pace that prioritizes the maintenance of home and the endurance of the long winter. The local culture carries a quiet, stubborn resilience, grounded in the practicalities of a rugged geography that demands respect for its boundaries. Throughout the changing seasons, the people maintain a steady connection to the land, finding value in the isolation of the mountains and the reliable, cold flow of the Rivière à Claude.
Le Lac-Cristal s’étire avec une patience minérale au creux de la Montagne à Côté, là où le relief tourmenté de la Haute-Gaspésie rencontre la vivacité froide de la Rivière à Claude. Dans ce repli escarpé, l’air se charge d’une humidité boréale qui semble ralentir le battement des heures, offrant une solitude que seuls les habitués du Grand lac Cristal, situé à une distance imperceptible, savent apprivoiser. La lumière du crépuscule y dépose des reflets d’argent sur les eaux dormantes, tandis que la forêt environnante, dense et impénétrable, impose un silence que ne trouble guère que le murmure constant du courant. Si Le Lac-Cristal demeure une halte discrète loin des grands axes, son existence est nourrie par une terre rude, façonnée par les vents qui dévalent des hauteurs vers les vallées encaissées. À quelques lieues, la silhouette du Parc national de la Gaspésie rappelle la puissance brute d’un environnement indomptable, celui-là même qui dicte les gestes des rares résidents. Ici, le quotidien s’ajuste aux saisons avec une rigueur ancienne, sans artifice, dans le respect de ce paysage où la roche et l’eau se partagent une souveraineté sauvage, loin du tumulte des mondes pressés.
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Explore Le Lac-Cristal, 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: 49.110277, -65.978888. 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 Lac-Cristal includes the postal code (G4V), 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 Lac-Cristal 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) |