Explore Vide-Poche, 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 Vide-Poche, 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 Vide-Poche 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 Vide-Poche.
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 | Vide-Poche |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Yamachiche; Maskinongé |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.307222 |
| Longitude | -72.855833 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J5V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ENIOT |
Vide-Poche is a locality in Yamachiche; Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Vide-Poche is located at 46.3072°N, 72.8558°W.
Vide-Poche rests low against the horizon where the land yields to the expansive, quiet waters of Lac Saint-Pierre. It lies 23.8 km south-south-east of Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC (from Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC: bearing 154°T), and is situated 8.8 km north-east of Louiseville. The shoreline of Vide-Poche holds a stillness that deepens as the sun begins to slant behind the distant rise of La Petite Montagne, casting long, bruised shadows across the damp earth. Moisture clings to the air here, a cool vapor that rises from the lake to meet the dark, fertile soil of Yamachiche. While the Petite rivière Yamachiche winds its path five kilometers away, its presence is felt in the lush, heavy growth that defines the local fields. Those who walk the perimeter of the water at dusk might notice how the light catches the reeds, turning the surface of the lake into hammered silver, a fleeting brilliance before the evening settles into a deep, pervasive grey. The character of Vide-Poche reflects a long history of agricultural patience, where generations have worked the heavy clay to sustain a quiet, persistent economy. Life here moves in alignment with the changing seasons, marked by the cycles of planting and harvest that define the Maskinongé region. Although the thunderous Chutes de Sainte-Ursule lie eighteen kilometers distant, the people of Vide-Poche carry a sense of that contained power in their own industrious focus. Traditions remain anchored in the simple, necessary labors of the land, creating a rhythm of existence that values the endurance of the family farm over the haste of the modern world.
Vide-Poche s'étire avec une humilité tranquille sur les rives vastes du Lac Saint-Pierre, là où le ciel semble peser un peu plus lourd sur les plaines fertiles de Maskinongé. La terre, travaillée par des générations qui connaissent le poids de la glaise, s'incline doucement vers l'horizon, portée par la présence silencieuse de La Petite Montagne qui veille sur les parcelles agricoles. À peine à cinq kilomètres de là, la Petite rivière Yamachiche serpente à travers les terres, apportant une fraîcheur constante aux champs qui déploient leurs nuances de vert sous la lumière changeante du crépuscule. Plus loin, à environ dix-huit kilomètres, le grondement sourd des Chutes de Sainte-Ursule habite la mémoire des habitants, rappelant la puissance brute d'une nature qui dicte encore le rythme des jours. Dans ce coin de pays, Vide-Poche maintient une allure de retenue, où chaque chemin de terre raconte une histoire de labeur quotidien et d'attachement viscéral au sol. L'air y possède une texture particulière, chargée des effluves humides du lac, tandis que les façades des maisons semblent absorber la clarté déclinante pour mieux abriter la vie simple de ceux qui habitent ce territoire façonné par les eaux et les reliefs familiers.
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Explore Vide-Poche, 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: 46.307222, -72.855833. 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 Vide-Poche includes the postal code (J5V), 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 Vide-Poche 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) |