Explore The Crutch, 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 The Crutch, 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 The Crutch 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 The Crutch.
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 | The Crutch |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Hemmingford; Les Jardins-de-Napierville |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.118611 |
| Longitude | -73.568333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0L |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EKIGJ |
The Crutch is a locality in Hemmingford; Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. The Crutch is located at 45.1186°N, 73.5683°W.
The Crutch emerges from the low, fertile plains of Hemmingford as a subtle folding of the earth, defined by the quiet persistence of the Rivière L'Acadie. It lies 32.2 km south-west of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC (from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC: bearing 230°T), and is situated 15.1 km west-south-west of Napierville. This watercourse carves a slow, deliberate path through the terrain, its banks catching the pale, amber light that settles over the fields as the sun dips behind the Montagne à Roméo. The air here holds a cool, damp weight, carrying the scent of rich, dark soil and the distant, metallic tang of the riverbed. While Lac Cristal sits eight kilometers distant, its presence is felt only as a faint, atmospheric stillness that lingers over the surrounding fields, grounding the landscape in a deep, hushed composure. The Crutch exists within a landscape long shaped by the rhythms of agriculture, where the labor of generations has turned the heavy earth into orderly rows of harvest. This agricultural heritage dictates the pulse of life, favoring a measured pace that matches the seasonal cycle of the Rivière L'Acadie as it swells and recedes. Locals move with a practical grace, their routines aligned with the quiet demands of the soil and the shelter offered by the nearby Montagne à Roméo. Despite the modest scale of the region, the land retains an ancient, unadorned beauty, especially at dusk when the silhouettes of the trees lengthen across the fields, suggesting a history that is felt in the bones of the valley rather than written in stone.
The Crutch s'étire avec une humilité tranquille sur les terres basses de Hemmingford, là où la plaine se fragmente sous une lumière oblique qui semble vouloir suspendre le mouvement des heures. À proximité de la Montagne à Roméo, le terrain offre une déclivité douce, presque imperceptible, que les exploitants agricoles ont apprivoisée par une patience séculaire héritée des premiers défrichements. Le souffle de l’air, chargé des senteurs d’humus et de culture, suit le tracé nonchalant de la Rivière L'Acadie, dont les eaux sombres reflètent un ciel changeant, vaste et silencieux. À huit kilomètres de là, la présence du Lac Cristal apporte une fraîcheur supplémentaire, une respiration calme dans l'ordonnance des champs qui dictent le rythme des existences locales. Dans cette étendue, The Crutch conserve la mémoire des travaux de la terre et des humeurs du climat, loin des affolements urbains. Ici, la géographie dicte une certaine solitude, une intimité partagée entre la rigueur des sols et la constance des cultivateurs qui, jour après jour, lisent le ciel pour orienter leurs labeurs. Le paysage ne cherche pas à se donner en spectacle, il se livre simplement dans sa nudité, offrant une présence solide, faite de terre grasse et de horizons ouverts, où chaque saison impose sa propre discipline sans jamais rompre l'équilibre de cette contrée paisible.
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Explore The Crutch, 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: 45.118611, -73.568333. 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 The Crutch includes the postal code (J0L), 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 The Crutch 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) |