Explore Le Petit-Poste, 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-Poste, 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-Poste 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-Poste.
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-Poste |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Ursule; Maskinongé |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.331667 |
| Longitude | -73.073333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J5V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EJRAM |
Le Petit-Poste is a hamlet in Sainte-Ursule; Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Le Petit-Poste is located at 46.3317°N, 73.0733°W.
Le Petit-Poste rests in a quiet fold of the land near the Montagne à Zamette, where the air holds the cool, damp weight of the nearby Chutes de Sainte-Ursule. It lies 19.7 km south-south-west of Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC (from Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC: bearing 199°T), and is situated 13.1 km north-west of Louiseville. The terrain here settles into a quiet composure, defined by the proximity of Lac Dubé, which sits a mere 3 km away, reflecting the grey-blue sky like a sliver of polished slate. At dusk, the light stretches thin across the fields, catching the edges of the Montagne à Zamette and casting long, sharp shadows that seem to hold their breath against the coming night. The presence of the Rivière du Roi, flowing 12 km distant, adds a subtle moisture to the breeze, ensuring that the soil remains deep and dark, ready for the cycle of the seasons. The history of Le Petit-Poste moves with the steady, measured pace of those who work the earth and respect the turning of the sun. Local life remains grounded in the traditions of the land, where the economy has long leaned into the yields of the forest and the fields. While the Chutes de Sainte-Ursule draw visitors to the water’s edge, the daily existence of Le Petit-Poste prefers the stillness of the interior, where the work of the day concludes with the slow cooling of the earth. There is a distinct clarity in the way the local character persists, unbothered by the noise of the wider world, favoring instead the simple, honest textures of the timber and the seasonal shift of the crops.
Le Petit-Poste déploie ses horizons sous une lumière oblique, là où la terre s'incline doucement vers la Montagne à Zamette. Dans cette étendue de Maskinongé, le silence possède une texture particulière, façonnée par les bruissements de la forêt et l'humidité constante qui monte des sols fertiles. À trois kilomètres de distance, le Lac Dubé conserve une immobilité minérale, agissant comme un miroir sombre pour les nuages qui défilent au-dessus des champs. Plus loin, le grondement sourd des Chutes de Sainte-Ursule scande le rythme des journées, tandis que la Rivière du Roi trace un sillon plus lointain à travers le relief. Les résidents de Le Petit-Poste cultivent une relation ancienne avec ce sol, héritiers d'une patience transmise par les générations qui ont défriché ces terres pour en extraire une vie humble mais robuste. Ici, le travail agricole dicte la cadence, répondant à la rigueur des hivers et à la poussée soudaine du printemps. Chaque sentier, chaque clôture de bois, chaque parcelle délimitée raconte l'obstination des premiers occupants à s'établir durablement près des eaux vives et des sommets protecteurs, bâtissant un quotidien qui puise sa force dans la fidélité au terrain immédiat.
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Explore Le Petit-Poste, 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: 46.331667, -73.073333. 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-Poste 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 Petit-Poste 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) |