Devon (Ontario) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Devon ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Devon.

Within Ontario, the name Devon is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these fourteen communities, three are located in Canada and eleven are in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - This Devon lies 1,375 miles [2,212.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- California
  - Santa Barbara County
  - This Devon is located in Santa Barbara County and lies 2,097 miles [3,374.8 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Barbara County community of Devon.
- Connecticut
  - New Haven County
  - This Devon is located in New Haven County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Devon.
- Delaware
  - New Castle County
  - This Devon is located in New Castle County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Devon.
- Iowa
  - Chickasaw County
  - This Devon is located in Chickasaw County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Devon.
- Kansas
  - Bourbon County
  - This Devon is located in Bourbon County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Devon.
- Kentucky
  - Boone County
  - This Devon is located in Boone County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Devon.
- Montana
  - Toole County
  - This Devon is located in Toole County and lies 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Toole County community of Devon.
- Nebraska
  - Stanton County
  - This community is historic<2> and although located in Stanton County, we don't know where within the .
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanton County community of Devon.
- New Brunswick
  - This Devon lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the east.
- New York
  - Suffolk County
  - This Devon is located in Suffolk County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Devon.
- Nova Scotia
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Devon.
- Pennsylvania
  - Chester County
  - This Devon is located in Chester County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Devon.
- West Virginia
  - Mingo County
  - This Devon is located in Mingo County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mingo County community of Devon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Devon ...

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.

Island Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
Pardee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
Sultan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sultan

How Far From Devon to ...

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

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

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Devon to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,395 miles [7,073.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Devon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Devon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7633, Longitude: -83.3694
<2>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Devon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>	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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Devon 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.
<4>	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.
<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 Devon 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 311.285 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.645 degrees.
<9>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.286 degrees.