Explore Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail, 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 Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail, 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 Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail 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 Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail.
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 Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Cap-Santé; Portneuf |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.725278 |
| Longitude | -71.818056 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G3M |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMTEA |
Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail is a locality in Cap-Santé; Portneuf, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail is located at 46.7253°N, 71.8181°W.
Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail rests upon the northern shores of the St. Lawrence, where the land tilts toward the water with a quiet, persistent grace. It lies 8.5 km north-west of Donnacona, QC (from Donnacona, QC: bearing 314°T), and is situated 10.0 km west-south-west of Pont-Rouge. The terrain here is defined by the Rivière Chaude as it winds its way toward the main artery of the river, carving a path through the earth that feels both ancient and immediate. Near the Coteau à Jess, the soil holds a damp, dark richness that seems to exhale a cool mist during the long, blue hours of dusk. While the distant spray of Chutes Ford lingers in the memory of the landscape some sixteen kilometers away, the air closer to home carries only the scent of salt and turning leaves. Even in the stillness of a summer afternoon, the light here has a sharp, silver clarity that catches the edges of the fields and makes the horizon look like a drawing waiting for the ink to dry. History in Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail persists in the shape of the old farmsteads and the stubborn endurance of the families who first cleared these slopes. The local economy stays rooted in the cycles of the seasons, with a focus on agriculture that respects the heavy, clay-rich earth and the proximity to the water’s edge. While Lac B.-P. sits ten kilometers inland, acting as a hidden mirror to the sky, the people of Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail look toward the St. Lawrence for their sense of direction and scale. Life moves with a steady, deliberate motion, dictated by the turning tides and the slow growth of the crops, reflecting a culture that values the quiet labor of the hands over the noise of the modern world.
Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail s'étire avec une humilité tranquille le long des rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le fleuve impose sa présence souveraine et ses courants profonds. À proximité de Coteau à Jess, le paysage s'articule autour des méandres de la Rivière Chaude, dont les eaux dessinent une frontière liquide entre les terres cultivées et la frange boisée. L'air y possède une texture particulière, chargée de l'humidité saline qui remonte des battures et du parfum léger des herbes sauvages. Les habitants, héritiers d'une patience paysanne façonnée par les cycles de la terre, observent le ciel changer au-dessus des vastes étendues, tandis qu'à dix kilomètres, le Lac B.-P. demeure un miroir immobile sous la clarté déclinante du jour. Plus loin, le grondement sourd des Chutes Ford ponctue le silence des terres intérieures, rappelant la force vive qui circule sous la surface paisible du sol portneuvois. Dans Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail, chaque geste de la vie quotidienne semble s'accorder au rythme lent du fleuve, perpétuant une tradition de labeur et de contemplation qui définit l'identité de ces rivages. La lumière, en fin de journée, se fragmente sur les ondulations de la Rivière Chaude, révélant une beauté austère et dépouillée, propre à cette terre où l'eau et le roc dictent la mesure des jours.
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Explore Le Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail, 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: 46.725278, -71.818056. 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 Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail includes the postal code (G3M), 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 Petit-Bois-de-l'Ail 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) |