Explore Village-Paradis, 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 Village-Paradis, 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 Village-Paradis 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 Village-Paradis.
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 | Village-Paradis |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Dolbeau-Mistassini; Maria-Chapdelaine |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.881944 |
| Longitude | -72.266667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G8L |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ELCHY |
Village-Paradis is a administrative sector in Dolbeau-Mistassini; Maria-Chapdelaine, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Village-Paradis is located at 48.8819°N, 72.2667°W.
Village-Paradis rests quietly along the banks of the Rivière Mistassini, where the water carries the deep, resonant chill of the northern woods. It lies 3.0 km west-north-west of Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC (from Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC: bearing 281°T), and is situated 12.8 km east of Albanel. The low light of dusk gathers along the shoreline, turning the surface of the river into a dark mirror that holds the stillness of the surrounding trees. Within this landscape, Lac à Saint-Pierre sits tucked away just 4 km from the settlement, providing a quiet basin for the local wildlife. Further out, the roar of the Chutes du Père-William echoes from 14 km away, a reminder of the raw power carving through the terrain. To the southeast, the expanse of Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon lies 30 km distant, marking the wider reach of the wilderness that defines the character of this region. The economy of Village-Paradis has long drawn its strength from the land and the river, reflecting the industrious nature of those who settled in Dolbeau-Mistassini and Maria-Chapdelaine. Life here follows the seasonal turning of the earth, where the harvest and the work of the forest dictate the pace of the day. Traditions remain rooted in the history of the families who first cleared these plots, their resilience mirrored in the sturdy architecture and the clear, honest lines of the barns. Even as modern life moves forward, the people of Village-Paradis maintain a connection to the cycles of the climate, finding a particular beauty in the way the frost settles on the fields before the first heavy snows arrive to blanket the earth.
Village-Paradis s'étire avec une lenteur tranquille sur les rives de la Rivière Mistassini, là où le courant semble porter la mémoire des terres défrichées par les pionniers. La lumière du crépuscule glisse sur les champs, révélant une terre dont la fertilité a dicté la destinée agricole, loin du tumulte des cités. À quelques encablures, le Lac à Saint-Pierre offre un miroir immobile aux arbres qui bordent son rivage, tandis que la présence plus lointaine des Chutes du Père-William rappelle la force brute des eaux qui ont façonné cette topographie singulière. Les résidents de Village-Paradis habitent un espace que le Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon semble protéger, une étendue où le souffle du vent transporte encore les échos d'une histoire liée au bois et à la culture du sol. Ici, le ciel se fait vaste et limpide, imposant un rythme quotidien réglé par le glissement de la rivière et le changement des teintes sur le feuillage. La vie s'y déploie dans une simplicité rigoureuse, presque austère, soulignée par le silence qui s'installe dès que le soleil s'abaisse derrière les arbres, laissant Village-Paradis dans une quiétude profonde, pareille à celle des premières heures du monde.
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Explore Village-Paradis, 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: 48.881944, -72.266667. 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 Village-Paradis includes the postal code (G8L), 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 Village-Paradis 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) |