Explore Rapide-des-Chiens, 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 Rapide-des-Chiens, 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 Rapide-des-Chiens 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 Rapide-des-Chiens.
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 | Rapide-des-Chiens |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Ferme-Neuve; Antoine-Labelle |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.721667 |
| Longitude | -75.404722 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J9L |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EHURL |
Rapide-des-Chiens is a hamlet in Ferme-Neuve; Antoine-Labelle, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Rapide-des-Chiens is located at 46.7217°N, 75.4047°W.
Rapide-des-Chiens rests along the steady, deep-running currents of the Rivière du Lièvre, where the land rises in modest, forested ridges that hold the chill of the Canadian Shield. It lies 20.7 km north-north-east of Mont-Laurier, QC (from Mont-Laurier, QC: bearing 21°T), and is situated 4.4 km east-north-east of Ferme-Neuve. The atmosphere here possesses a particular clarity, especially when the late afternoon light turns the surface of the nearby Lac Ouellette into a sheet of polished grey slate, reflecting the dense evergreens that crowd the water’s edge. Within this rugged expanse, the air carries a crisp, pine-scented weight, and the silence of the woods is punctuated only by the persistent, low-frequency murmur of the river moving over stone. Life in Rapide-des-Chiens remains shaped by the natural pull of the waterway and the seasonal shifts that dictate the pace of the Antoine-Labelle region. While the Réserve écologique Tapani stands as a quiet sentinel of protected wilderness some distance away, the local character is defined by a historical reliance on the timber and resource currents that once moved down the Rivière du Lièvre. Today, Rapide-des-Chiens maintains a grounded connection to its surroundings, where the daily activities of the inhabitants are marked by the changing temperaments of the river and the long, enduring shadows cast by the surrounding timberlands.
Rapide-des-Chiens s’étire avec humilité le long de la Rivière du Lièvre, là où l’eau sombre semble retenir les secrets de la forêt boréale dans son courant incessant. Dans cette contrée de Ferme-Neuve, l’air se charge d’une fraîcheur résineuse dès que le soleil décline derrière les crêtes, projetant des ombres allongées sur le sol rocailleux. À quelques encablures, le Lac Ouellette miroitant calme le tumulte des vents, tandis que la Réserve écologique Tapani, située à vingt-trois kilomètres, protège une nature sauvage que les hommes ont appris à côtoyer avec un respect silencieux. L’histoire de Rapide-des-Chiens se lit dans la rudesse des terres et la persévérance de ceux qui ont exploité le bois, transformant les essences sauvages en une force motrice pour bâtir leur existence. Le rythme de vie demeure calé sur les variations de la lumière, entre les matins embués où la rivière fume et les soirées où le silence gagne les habitations. Ici, la terre ne pardonne guère la paresse, mais elle offre en échange une paix profonde, une solitude habitée par le chant des eaux et le craquement des arbres sous la morsure du gel. Rapide-des-Chiens préserve ainsi son caractère authentique, loin de l'agitation, ancré dans une réalité physique où chaque sentier raconte la ténacité des bâtisseurs d'autrefois.
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Explore Rapide-des-Chiens, 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: 46.721667, -75.404722. 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 Rapide-des-Chiens includes the postal code (J9L), 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 Rapide-des-Chiens 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) |