Explore Sainte-Gertrude, 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 Sainte-Gertrude, 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 Sainte-Gertrude 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 Sainte-Gertrude.
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 | Sainte-Gertrude |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville; Abitibi |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.518391 |
| Longitude | -78.309577 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G9H |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EJVLL |
Sainte-Gertrude is a hamlet in Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville; Abitibi, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Sainte-Gertrude is located at 48.5184°N, 78.3096°W.
Sainte-Gertrude rests upon the quiet, low-lying reaches of the Abitibi region, where the land holds a stillness born of deep forests and ancient, stubborn soil. It lies 15.4 km west-south-west of Amos, QC (from Amos, QC: bearing 250°T), and is situated 13.0 km north-north-east of Preissac. The Rivière Villemontel flows through the heart of this landscape, its dark current pulling against the reeds and reflecting the long, violet shadows of late afternoon. To the north, the terrain stretches toward the distant, rugged silhouettes of Parc national d'Aiguebelle, a reminder of the vast wilderness that defines the horizon, while closer to home, the calm waters of Lac Dudemaine offer a sanctuary for the stillness that settles over the fields at dusk. Here, the air carries a crisp, lingering chill that sharpens the edges of the barns and the wide, open sky, grounding the observer in a geography that feels both immense and intimately held. Sainte-Gertrude finds its pulse in the legacy of agricultural grit and the steady, persistent labor of those who cleared the bush to carve a living from the earth. The local economy remains anchored to this primary connection with the land, where the seasonal turning of crops and the maintenance of homesteads dictate the hours of the day. Life in Sainte-Gertrude moves with a deliberate, singular gravity, favoring the endurance of the small-scale farmer and the quiet persistence of the woodsman over the frantic pace of the south. Even as the modern world encroaches, the work here retains a directness, a sense that every fence line and every furrowed field represents a continuous conversation between the inhabitants and the resilient, northern terrain they call home.
Sainte-Gertrude déploie ses terres basses sous une clarté boréale qui semble ralentir le battement des heures, là où les méandres de la Rivière Villemontel tracent un sillon tranquille à travers la topographie abitibienne. Le sol, façonné par un héritage agricole tenace, porte les marques d'un labeur silencieux qui a su dompter la rudesse du climat pour y installer une présence humaine durable. À une distance de sept kilomètres, la silhouette du Lac Dudemaine offre une halte immobile à la lumière déclinante, tandis que vers l'horizon lointain, les reliefs plus escarpés du Parc national d'Aiguebelle rappellent la puissance sauvage du bouclier canadien. L’air y possède une texture particulière, chargée de l’humidité des forêts environnantes et de la fraîcheur qui monte des basses terres, enveloppant les façades de Sainte-Gertrude dans une langueur presque minérale. Les habitants entretiennent une relation intime avec ces étendues, trouvant dans la régularité du travail de la terre une forme de poésie discrète. Ici, la vie s’écoule sans artifice, rythmée par les cycles de la nature boréale et la persistance d'une culture qui a su transformer l'isolement en une force tranquille, faisant de chaque soir un moment de recueillement face à l'immensité du paysage.
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Explore Sainte-Gertrude, 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: 48.518391, -78.309577. 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 Sainte-Gertrude includes the postal code (G9H), 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 Sainte-Gertrude 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) |