Explore Le Rapide-Treize, 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 Rapide-Treize, 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 Rapide-Treize 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 Rapide-Treize.
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 Rapide-Treize |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue; Témiscamingue |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.675556 |
| Longitude | -78.108889 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J9P |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMTDT |
Le Rapide-Treize is a locality in Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue; Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Le Rapide-Treize is located at 47.6756°N, 78.1089°W.
Le Rapide-Treize rests with quiet resolve along the low, resilient margins of the Réservoir Decelles. It lies 51.3 km south of Malartic, QC (from Malartic, QC: bearing 178°T), and is situated 8.7 km south-south-west of Le Camp-Garde-Feu. The land here holds the stillness of the boreal expanse, where the light at dusk flattens against the water, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered pewter that swallows the shadows of the shoreline. Nearby, the Rivière de l'Esturgeon moves with a hidden, persistent purpose through the deep woods, located about 13 km from the settlement. The air carries the scent of damp moss and cold stone, a crisp clarity that defines the character of Le Rapide-Treize as it sits amidst a terrain shaped by ancient glacial shifts. History here persists in the quiet endurance of those who work the land and the surrounding forest, maintaining a pace dictated by the seasons rather than the clock. The ecological significance of the region is punctuated by the presence of the Réserve écologique des Dunes-de-la-Moraine-d'Harricana, which lies about 16 km away as a reminder of the raw, shifting geology of the north. Life in Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue demands a certain fortitude, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the timber and the reservoir’s reach. In the early morning, the mist rises from the water like a slow, white breath, clinging to the trees and muffling the sounds of the day before the work begins in earnest.
Le Rapide-Treize étire ses jours sur les rives vastes du Réservoir Decelles, là où la terre semble retenir son souffle sous une lumière de fin d’après-midi qui dépose une patine dorée sur les eaux calmes. Dans cet espace où le silence a la densité des forêts anciennes, le travail des hommes se mesure aux cycles de l’hydroélectricité, une force invisible qui anime les turbines et rythme l’existence quotidienne. À une douzaine de kilomètres, la Rivière de l’Esturgeon poursuit son cours discret, tandis que plus loin, à seize kilomètres, la Réserve écologique des Dunes-de-la-Moraine-d’Harricana protège les reliefs fragiles d’un sol sablonneux façonné par le retrait des glaces. Le Rapide-Treize porte en lui cette rudesse bienveillante des terres du Témiscamingue, marquée par une industrie qui a dompté le courant pour bâtir des foyers parmi les pins et le roc. Ici, le vent qui descend du nord apporte une fraîcheur saisissante, rappelant que la nature sauvage n’est jamais tout à fait domestiquée malgré les barrages et les routes qui tracent leur chemin dans la forêt boréale. Chaque crépuscule transforme le paysage en une étendue sombre et profonde, isolant les habitations dans une intimité que seule la présence constante du Réservoir Decelles vient troubler par le clapotis de ses vagues contre la rive.
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Explore Le Rapide-Treize, 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: 47.675556, -78.108889. 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 Rapide-Treize includes the postal code (J9P), 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 Rapide-Treize 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) |