Explore Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, 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-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, 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-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean 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-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean.
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-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Type | Post Office |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Monique; Lac-Saint-Jean-Est |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.742778 |
| Longitude | -71.85 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8E |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EMBKC |
Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean is a post office in Sainte-Monique; Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean is located at 48.7428°N, 71.8500°W.
Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean rests within a landscape defined by the persistent, dark currents of the Rivière Noire and the subtle, rising elevation of the Côte du Côtoyage. It lies 25.9 km north-west of Alma, QC (from Alma, QC: bearing 326°T), and is situated 1.1 km north of Sainte-Monique. The air here holds a crisp, northern clarity, especially toward evening when the light leans long and amber against the spruce, making the surrounding woods seem to breathe with a quiet, mineral weight. Five kilometers away, the stillness of Lac des Bouleaux offers a mirror to the sky, while the expansive horizon toward Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon, located ten kilometers distant, reminds one of the vast, shifting scale of this terrain. The history of Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean reflects the resilience required to thrive in a climate where the winters carve deep lines into the earth and the summers arrive with an urgent, blooming intensity. Agriculture and forestry have long provided the structural backbone for the local economy, with generations of families working the fields and managing the timber that defines the region’s edges. Life moves with a deliberate focus on the seasons, where the sound of the Rivière Noire serves as a constant, low-frequency pulse beneath the daily labor of the residents. The community maintains a character of understated endurance, finding its identity in the straightforward tasks of maintenance and the seasonal shifts of the land, where the frost-hardened soil eventually yields to the short, vibrant promise of a northern harvest.
Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean déploie ses horizons sur les terres fertiles qui bordent la Rivière Noire, là où la lumière déclinante du soir semble s’attarder sur les champs et les boisés. La topographie du secteur, marquée par la proximité de la Côte du Côtoyage, offre une perspective singulière sur un paysage façonné par une agriculture tenace et une volonté de s’enraciner dans ce sol généreux. À quelques lieues de là, les eaux paisibles du Lac des Bouleaux rappellent la douceur des matins embrumés, tandis que l’immensité sauvage du Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon exerce une influence apaisante sur la vie quotidienne, rappelant la proximité constante d'une nature préservée. Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean cultive une identité sereine, puisant sa force dans la résilience de ceux qui ont défriché ces étendues pour y bâtir des foyers durables. Les habitants, attentifs aux variations du ciel et au rythme lent de la terre, maintiennent un lien étroit avec cet environnement où chaque changement de teinte sur la Rivière Noire signale le passage des cycles naturels. Cette harmonie entre le labeur quotidien et la beauté sauvage des alentours confère à Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean une dignité tranquille, loin du tumulte, invitant à la contemplation des espaces vastes et silencieux qui définissent cette partie du territoire.
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Explore Sainte-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, 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: 48.742778, -71.85. 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-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean includes the postal code (G8E), 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-Monique-du-Lac-Saint-Jean 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) |