Explore Manseau, 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 Manseau, 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 Manseau 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 Manseau.
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 | Manseau |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Manseau; Bécancour |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.366238 |
| Longitude | -72.002758 |
| Population | 807 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0Z |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EQNGW |
Manseau is a municipality in Manseau; Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Manseau is located at 46.3662°N, 72.0028°W.
Manseau rests within a flat, expansive stretch of land near the Coteau Normandin, where the horizon feels wide and the sky holds a vast, pale clarity. It lies 34.7 km north of Victoriaville, QC (from Victoriaville, QC: bearing 355°T), and is situated 13.5 km south of Fortierville. The earth here is firm and patient, holding the scent of damp soil and ancient growth that rises to meet the cool breeze drifting across the plains. During the quiet hours of dusk, the light stretches thin and gold over the fields, transforming the simple geometry of the fences and roads into something luminous. Nearby, the Rivière Bécancour flows with a persistent, steady purpose through the surrounding terrain, while the quiet presence of Lac Soulard provides a reflective stillness to the landscape. Manseau finds its character in the steady endurance of those who have worked these lands, building a life defined by the seasonal cycles of harvest and industry. The local economy remains linked to the deep potential of the earth, where the labor of the past informs the modest, industrious pace of the present. Beyond the settled reaches, the wilder stretches of the landscape offer a different kind of scale; the distant Les Quatre Chutes hint at the hidden force of moving water, and the protected expanses of the Réserve écologique Lionel-Cinq-Mars stand as silent sentinels of the region’s natural heritage. Life in Manseau moves with a deliberate weight, grounded in the straightforward beauty of a horizon that never asks for attention, but commands it nonetheless.
Manseau s'étire sur des terres planes dont la tranquillité semble dictée par le souffle léger des vents venant du Coteau Normandin. Dans ce secteur du Centre-du-Québec, la terre se prête volontiers à une agriculture patiente, où le labeur des hommes compose avec une nature ordonnée et sans apprêt. La Rivière Bécancour serpente à onze kilomètres de là, apportant une fraîcheur discrète à l'horizon, tandis que les eaux plus calmes du Lac Soulard, situé à huit kilomètres, offrent un miroir silencieux aux arbres qui bordent ses rives. L'esprit des lieux se nourrit de cette géographie sobre, loin du tumulte des grands centres, où chaque rang porte la mémoire d'un défrichement ardu. À dix-huit kilomètres, les Quatre Chutes ponctuent le relief d'une note plus vive, rappelant la force vive des courants, tandis que la Réserve écologique Lionel-Cinq-Mars, distante de vingt-quatre kilomètres, préserve une flore sauvage que le temps a épargnée. Manseau conserve cette allure authentique des villages de chemin de fer, où la vie s'écoule avec une régularité apaisante. Le soir, la lumière décline sur les champs avec une douceur particulière, rendant aux façades des maisons une dignité simple, presque austère, qui définit la fierté discrète de ceux qui habitent ces parages.
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Explore Manseau, 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: 46.366238, -72.002758. 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 Manseau includes the postal code (G0Z), 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 Manseau 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) |