Explore Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre, 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 Plaqué-à-Lapierre, 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 Plaqué-à-Lapierre 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 Plaqué-à-Lapierre.
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 Plaqué-à-Lapierre |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Matane; La Matanie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.741024 |
| Longitude | -67.517457 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G4W |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ESMPQ |
Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre is a locality in Matane; La Matanie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre is located at 48.7410°N, 67.5175°W.
Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre sits cradled within the rugged expanse of the Les Écores, a landscape defined by the persistent, cold pulse of the Rivière Matane. It lies 11.4 km south of Matane, QC (from Matane, QC: bearing 175°T), and is situated 7.9 km west-north-west of Ruisseau-Gagnon. The water of the Rivière Matane moves with a deliberate, muscular clarity, carving its way through the terrain and dictating the quiet posture of the surrounding woods. Within this secluded reach, the air often holds a sharp, clean chill, carrying the scent of damp stone and spruce needles even in the height of summer. Three kilometers away, the stillness of Petit lac Rond offers a contrasting depth, its surface acting as a dark mirror for the passing clouds. At dusk, the light here thins into a pale, translucent violet, clinging to the ridges of the Les Écores until the shadows finally swallow the bank. Generations of local inhabitants have measured their seasonal lives by the shifting currents and the timber-rich potential of the Rivière Matane. The economy of Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre remains tied to the hard-won traditions of the backwoods, where the extraction and management of forest resources have long dictated the pace of human activity. While the modern world presses against the edges of the valley, the daily life of Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre persists in the practical, steady movements of those who know how to read the weather in the movement of the trees. There is a particular weight to the silence here, an absence of mechanical noise that allows the sudden, percussive splash of a beaver or the rustle of undergrowth to claim the listener’s entire attention.
Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre déploie sa silhouette singulière dans les Écores, là où la terre semble retenir son souffle avant de s'incliner vers la Rivière Matane. Le courant y exerce une force tranquille, polissant les galets et dictant, par ses humeurs changeantes, le rythme de ceux qui ont choisi de bâtir leur existence sur ces rives escarpées. À une distance de trois kilomètres environ, le Petit lac Rond repose dans un silence minéral, comme une goutte d'eau oubliée par le retrait des glaciers, offrant un contrepoint paisible aux eaux vives du cours principal. La lumière du crépuscule, en ces lieux, possède une densité particulière qui semble transformer l'écorce des conifères en une matière précieuse, presque métallique, tandis que l'air, chargé d'une humidité légère, porte le souvenir des terres défrichées par les premiers occupants. Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre ne cherche pas à se donner en spectacle, préférant la discrétion des paysages qui se suffisent à eux-mêmes, habités par une ténacité silencieuse que l'on perçoit dans l'alignement des structures et la manière dont les sentiers épousent les courbes du terrain. Ici, chaque détail géographique raconte une patience acquise, une manière d'être au monde qui privilégie la profondeur du regard sur l'agitation des grands chemins.
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Explore Le Plaqué-à-Lapierre, 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: 48.741024, -67.517457. 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 Plaqué-à-Lapierre includes the postal code (G4W), 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 Plaqué-à-Lapierre 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) |