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Communities Also Named Marchand ...

We found four communities that share the name Marchand.

Within Manitoba, the name Marchand is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Ascension Parish
      • This Marchand is located in Ascension Parish and lies 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of Marchand.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Marchand [Stark County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • This Marchand is located in Indiana County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Marchand.
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Marchand.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marchand ...

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.

  • Badger
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badger came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
  • Greenland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Landmark
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
  • Larkhall
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larkhall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkhall
  • Lonesand
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonesand
  • Mitchell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Pansy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pansy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
  • Randolph
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Rosewood
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Spurgrave
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spurgrave came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgrave
  • Sundown
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown

How Far From Marchand 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 Marchand to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Marchand to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,001 miles [1,611 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.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- Marchand) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marchand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.4333, Longitude: -96.3833    
<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 Marchand, 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 Marchand 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 Marchand 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 320.516 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.264 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.21 degrees.




 

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