Explore Montbec-Jonction, 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 Montbec-Jonction, 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 Montbec-Jonction 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 Montbec-Jonction.
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 | Montbec-Jonction |
| Type | Railway Junction |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Hyacinthe; Les Maskoutains |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.623616 |
| Longitude | -72.967804 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J2S |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EQJRI |
Montbec-Jonction is a railway junction in Saint-Hyacinthe; Les Maskoutains, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Montbec-Jonction is located at 45.6236°N, 72.9678°W.
Montbec-Jonction rests quietly along the fertile plains of the Saint-Hyacinthe region, where the land yields to the steady, persistent presence of the Rivière Yamaska. It lies 1.7 km west of Saint-Hyacinthe, QC (from Saint-Hyacinthe, QC: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.0 km south-east of La Présentation. The low-lying fields near the Les Côtes define the horizon, catching the amber light of dusk that turns the heavy clay soil into a deep, bruised purple. While Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno sits 28 km away, the immediate surroundings of Montbec-Jonction focus on the rhythmic cycle of the river and the labor of the surrounding agricultural expanse. Life here mirrors the movement of the Rivière Yamaska, which carries the silt of the seasons past the quiet edges of the property lines. The economy stays rooted in the productivity of the Les Maskoutains territory, where the harvest dictates the pace of the calendar and the hum of machinery often drifts across the open fields toward the water. Montbec-Jonction maintains a character formed by the intersection of these working lands, holding a steady, grounded stillness that persists long after the sun has slipped beneath the western tree line.
Montbec-Jonction se déploie avec une humilité tenace sur les rives de la Rivière Yamaska, là où les terres basses des Maskoutains s'étirent sous un ciel immense. L’air y possède une densité particulière, chargée des effluves de la terre noire et de l’humidité constante de la Rivière Yamaska qui façonne le relief de la plaine. À proximité des Côtes, le paysage se fragmente en parcelles cultivées où le travail agricole dicte une cadence immuable, transformant la lumière du crépuscule en une nappe dorée qui s'attarde sur les sillons. Le Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno, situé à vingt-huit kilomètres, semble veiller sur cette étendue plane comme une sentinelle lointaine, rappelant la stature des reliefs que les habitants observent parfois depuis les hauteurs locales. La vie à Montbec-Jonction s'ordonne autour de cette géographie fluviale, héritière d'un patrimoine où chaque rangée de culture, chaque courbe du terrain, murmure l'histoire des défricheurs. La rigueur des hivers et la générosité des récoltes marquent les visages et les mémoires, liant les résidents à ce sol fertile. Rien ici ne cherche l'éclat superflu, car la beauté réside dans la précision du geste quotidien et dans la manière dont le jour s'éteint, lentement, sur les eaux calmes de la rivière.
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Explore Montbec-Jonction, 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: 45.623616, -72.967804. 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 Montbec-Jonction includes the postal code (J2S), 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 Montbec-Jonction 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) |