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Communities Also Named Sherbrooke ...

We found four communities that share the name Sherbrooke.

Within Alberta, the name Sherbrooke is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these four communities, five are located in Canada and one is in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Dakota
      • Steele County
      • This Sherbrooke is located in Steele County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steele County community of Sherbrooke.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Sherbrooke lies 2,336 miles [3,759.4 km]<1> to the east.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Sherbrooke lies 2,215 miles [3,564.7 km]<1> to the east.
    • Quebec
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Sherbrooke.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sherbrooke ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Beverly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Carbondale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Gold Bar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Bar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Bar
  • Hazeldean
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hercules
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hercules came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules
  • Rolling Meadows
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Spruce Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Grove
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spruce Grove <4>
  • Virginia Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Woodland Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Sherbrooke to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sherbrooke to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sherbrooke and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies just to the southeast (SE).
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,763 miles [2,837.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sherbrooke to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 101 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sherbrooke. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sherbrooke) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sherbrooke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.5761, Longitude: -113.5464    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sherbrooke could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Sherbrooke to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.857 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.796 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.187 degrees.




 

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