Explore Saint-Marcel, 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 Saint-Marcel, 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 Saint-Marcel 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 Saint-Marcel.
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 | Saint-Marcel |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Marcel; L'Islet |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.9 |
| Longitude | -70.066667 |
| Population | 422 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0R |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EIALR |
Saint-Marcel is a municipality in Saint-Marcel; L'Islet, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Saint-Marcel is located at 46.9000°N, 70.0667°W.
Saint-Marcel rests within the quiet embrace of the highlands near the Mont d'Apic, where the land rises in firm, forested shoulders against the sky. It lies 21.6 km north-north-east of Secteur des Sentiers-Pédestres-de-Saint-Fabien, QC (from Secteur des Sentiers-Pédestres-de-Saint-Fabien, QC: bearing 22°T), and is situated 13.3 km west-north-west of Saint-Adalbert. The Rivière Tenturette carves a path through this terrain, its waters moving with a deliberate, cool clarity that defines the local topography. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the landscape holds hidden depths, with Lac Johnny tucked into the surrounding woods about 3 km away. When the light leans low at the end of the day, the air takes on a sharp, crystalline quality that clarifies the silhouette of the trees, making the high ground feel vast and singularly present. Further afield, the distant pull of the Chutes à Jos-Lord, located about 15 km away, suggests the hidden movement of water across the broader reaches of the region. Saint-Marcel maintains a character defined by the sturdy demands of a life rooted in the soil and the rhythm of the seasons. The local economy persists through an enduring connection to the land, where forestry and agriculture have long shaped the daily routines of those who call the place home. History here is kept in the quiet persistence of the work done in the fields and the seasonal migrations of the woodlot. In the stillness of a late autumn afternoon, the silence of the woods presses close to the edges of the settlement, a reminder of the wilder, older geography that persists just beyond the threshold of the home.
Saint-Marcel s’étire sur les terres hautes de L'Islet, là où le relief se cabre doucement vers le Mont d'Apic. Dans cet espace façonné par le travail de la terre, les eaux de la Rivière Tenturette sculptent le paysage avec une persévérance silencieuse, rythmant le quotidien des familles qui ont su défricher ces sols rocailleux. À quelques kilomètres, les reflets du Lac Johnny captent les dernières lueurs d’un crépuscule qui semble s’attarder sur les crêtes, tandis que le fracas lointain des Chutes à Jos-Lord rappelle la puissance vive des courants forestiers. Le climat rigoureux impose une discipline de fer, forgeant une identité où la patience est la vertu maîtresse des cultivateurs et des travailleurs du bois. L’histoire de Saint-Marcel s’écrit dans la simplicité des gestes répétés, dans l’odeur des sapins après la pluie et dans cette lumière froide qui, en octobre, magnifie chaque rangée de champs. Les habitants perpétuent ici une manière d'être attentive aux caprices du ciel et à la générosité parcimonieuse de la forêt, trouvant dans ces horizons dégagés une forme de quiétude nécessaire. Loin de l'agitation, Saint-Marcel demeure une présence solide, un territoire où le regard finit toujours par se perdre dans l'immensité des vallons, porté par un souffle qui appartient aux bois et aux montagnes.
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Explore Saint-Marcel, 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: 46.9, -70.066667. 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 Saint-Marcel includes the postal code (G0R), 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 Saint-Marcel 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) |