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Communities Also Named Venice ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Venice.

Within Alberta, the name Venice is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Venice is located in Ashley County and lies 1,786 miles [2,874.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Venice.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Venice is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Venice.
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • 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 Colorado community of Venice [Chaffee County].
    • Florida
      • Manatee County
      • 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 Florida community of Venice [Manatee County].
      • Sarasota County
      • This Venice is located in Sarasota County and lies 2,420 miles [3,894.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Venice.
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Venice is located in Madison County and lies 1,506 miles [2,423.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Venice.
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick County
      • 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 Kansas community of Venice [Sedgwick County].
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • This Venice is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 2,088 miles [3,360.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Venice.
    • Michigan
      • Shiawassee County
      • 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 Michigan community of Venice [Shiawassee County].
    • Missouri
      • Shannon County
      • This Venice is located in Shannon County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shannon County community of Venice.
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas County
      • This Venice is located in Douglas County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Venice.
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • 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 New York community of Venice [Cayuga County].
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • 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 Ohio community of Venice [Butler County].
      • Erie County
      • This Venice is located in Erie County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Venice.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Venice is located in Washington County and lies 1,765 miles [2,840.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Venice.
    • Utah
      • Sevier County
      • This Venice is located in Sevier County and lies 1,097 miles [1,765.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Venice.
    • Washington
      • Kitsap County
      • This Venice is located in Kitsap County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Venice.
      • Pacific County
      • This Venice is located in Pacific County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pacific County community of Venice.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Venice ...

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.

  • Beaver Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
  • Blue Jay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Jay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
  • Fork Lake
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Lake
  • Grassland
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
  • Imperial Mills
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Owl River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owl River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl River
  • Rich Lake
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tweedie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tweedie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedie

How Far From Venice to ...

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Venice to Edmonton, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,714 miles [2,758.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Venice. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Venice) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Venice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.6989, Longitude: -112.1481    
<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 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 Venice 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 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.
<5>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 Venice to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.724 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.615 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.03 degrees.




 

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