Explore Rivière-Saint-François, 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 Rivière-Saint-François, 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 Rivière-Saint-François 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 Rivière-Saint-François.
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 | Rivière-Saint-François |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey; Drummond |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.796944 |
| Longitude | -72.272778 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J2A |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EHWIT |
Rivière-Saint-François is a locality in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey; Drummond, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Rivière-Saint-François is located at 45.7969°N, 72.2728°W.
The Rivière-Saint-François flows with a deliberate, steady weight through the low-lying terrain of Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, carving a path that defines the character of the surrounding land. It lies 18.8 km east-south-east of Drummondville, QC (from Drummondville, QC: bearing 120°T), and is situated 4.6 km north-east of L'Avenir. Near the Colline McArthur, the earth rises in a soft, green swell, offering a vantage point where the light at dusk catches the surface of the Rivière Saint-François, turning the water into a ribbon of hammered silver. The landscape here is defined by this persistent movement, a quiet persistence that dictates the growth of wild grasses along the banks and the deep, rich loam of the fields. Some seven kilometers away, the still waters of Lac aux Sapins provide a muted contrast to the constant, fluid energy of the river, anchoring the horizon in a tranquil, reflective depth. Settlement in Rivière-Saint-François grew from the necessity of harnessing the river’s strength, building an economy that has long looked to the cycles of the land and the pull of the water. Generations have worked these fields, their lives marked by the seasonal turning of crops and the maintenance of the homesteads that dot the landscape, preserving a heritage of hard-wrought independence. The daily life of Rivière-Saint-François proceeds with the clarity of a well-tended garden, where the tasks of the morning echo the quiet industry of those who first cleared this ground. Whether through the seasonal rhythm of the harvest or the simple maintenance of the local roads, the people maintain a connection to the geography that is both practical and deeply felt, grounding their identity in the presence of the Colline McArthur and the enduring flow of the water.
Rivière-Saint-François s’étire avec une patience minérale sous le regard immobile de la Colline McArthur, là où le relief s’adoucit pour épouser les caprices de la terre drummondvilloise. Les eaux sombres et puissantes de la Rivière Saint-François sculptent depuis toujours cette topographie, charriant dans leur sillage le limon fertile qui a nourri les premières ambitions agricoles des colons venus défricher ces terres lourdes et généreuses. À quelques lieues de là, le Lac aux Sapins garde le silence, miroir argenté dont la présence apaise les soirées où la brume, montant du lit du courant, vient envelopper les vergers et les champs en friche. La vie à Rivière-Saint-François se règle sur le mouvement lent de cette eau qui ne s’arrête jamais, imposant un rythme austère à ceux qui, jour après jour, cultivent ce sol aux teintes brunes et ocres. Sous la lumière oblique du crépuscule, les silhouettes des granges et les ondulations du terrain révèlent une intimité particulière avec les éléments, une manière d’exister qui ne doit rien aux artifices. Les racines profondes de cette contrée, imprégnées d’une mémoire tenace, rappellent que chaque pierre et chaque méandre dessinent les contours d’une existence façonnée par la rigueur du climat et la constance du labeur.
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Explore Rivière-Saint-François, 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: 45.796944, -72.272778. 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 Rivière-Saint-François includes the postal code (J2A), 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 Rivière-Saint-François 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) |