Explore Les Vases, 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 Les Vases, 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 Les Vases 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 Les Vases.
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 | Les Vases |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Ham-Nord; Arthabaska |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.894722 |
| Longitude | -71.661944 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0P |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ELBNZ |
Les Vases is a locality in Ham-Nord; Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Les Vases is located at 45.8947°N, 71.6619°W.
Les Vases rests within the quiet folds of the Colline Boudreau, a hidden hollow where the land holds its breath against the encroaching shadows of the evening. It lies 25.1 km east-north-east of Val-des-Sources, QC (from Val-des-Sources, QC: bearing 59°T), and is situated 1.6 km south-west of Ham-Nord. The Rivière Nicolet marks the pulse of the terrain, its currents carrying the cold, clear memory of the highlands toward the low-lying fields. Here, the air at dusk tastes of damp earth and cooling stone, a sharp clarity that settles over the slopes of the Colline Boudreau. Though Lac Nicolet remains distant, its presence is felt in the moisture that clings to the valley floor, while the distant, hidden roar of Chutes Mortes persists in the imagination as a reminder of the water’s persistent work. Beyond the immediate ridges, the expanse of Parc national de Frontenac anchors the horizon, framing a world where the horizon feels vast and the hills stand as solitary sentinels over the water. Les Vases carries the weight of a long agricultural history, defined by the stubborn persistence of those who turned the rocky soil of Ham-Nord into productive pasture and timber stands. The local economy relies on the slow, methodical extraction of resources and the careful tending of the land, reflecting a tradition where the work day follows the movement of the sun across the ridgeline. Cultural life remains tied to the seasonal cycles, with the harvest and the spring thaw dictating the pace of the hearth and the gate. Each barn and fence line in the valley serves as a mark of human intention against the wilder, wooded reaches of the Colline Boudreau, maintaining a quiet dignity that defines the character of the people who call this rugged corridor home.
Les Vases déploie ses terres sur les pentes de la Colline Boudreau, là où le sol semble retenir la lumière déclinante avec une patience toute minérale. La Rivière Nicolet trace à proximité un sillon tranquille, façonnant le relief des environs d'Arthabaska par son passage discret et constant. À une dizaine de kilomètres, le Lac Nicolet et les Chutes Mortes composent un horizon familier pour les résidents, tandis que le Parc national de Frontenac, distant d'environ trente-cinq kilomètres, étend sa présence sauvage sur les confins du territoire. Le climat de cette région favorise une agriculture tenace qui a su, par la force du travail, transformer ces terres en une étendue cultivée dont la texture change à chaque inclinaison du soleil. La vie à Les Vases s'organise selon ce rythme lent de la terre, marqué par le passage des vents qui descendent de la colline pour balayer les champs. Chaque sentier et chaque chemin rural portent la mémoire des familles qui ont défriché ce relief accidenté pour en extraire une subsistance quotidienne. Dans cet espace où la nature demeure la mesure de toute chose, le regard se perd volontiers vers les reliefs boisés, trouvant dans cette sobriété paysagère une forme de silence apaisant qui définit l'identité profonde de ces lieux.
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Explore Les Vases, 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: 45.894722, -71.661944. 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 Les Vases includes the postal code (G0P), 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 Les Vases 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) |