Norway (Manitoba) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Norway ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Norway.

Within Manitoba, the name Norway is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 22 communities, .

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Gadsden County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Norway [Gadsden County].
- Illinois
  - La Salle County
  - This Norway is located in La Salle County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<2> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Norway.
- Indiana
  - White County
  - This Norway is located in White County and lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<2> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Norway.
- Iowa
  - Benton County
  - This Norway is located in Benton County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<2> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Norway.
- Kansas
  - Doniphan County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Norway [Doniphan County].
  - Republic County
  - This Norway is located in Republic County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<2> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Republic County community of Norway.
- Maine
  - Oxford County
  - This Norway is located in Oxford County and lies 1,393 miles [2,241.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Norway.
- Michigan
  - Dickinson County
  - This Norway is located in Dickinson County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<2> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Norway.
- Minnesota
  - Goodhue County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Norway [Goodhue County].
  - Saint Louis County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Norway [Saint Louis County].
- Mississippi
  - Yazoo County
  - This Norway is located in Yazoo County and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km]<2> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yazoo County community of Norway.
- Nebraska
  - Thomas County
  - This Norway is located in Thomas County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<2> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thomas County community of Norway.
- New York
  - Herkimer County
  - This Norway is located in Herkimer County and lies 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Norway.
- North Dakota
  - Dickey County
  - This Norway is located in Dickey County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<2> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickey County community of Norway.
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Norway.
- Oregon
  - Coos County
  - This Norway is located in Coos County and lies 1,405 miles [2,261.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Norway.
- Pennsylvania
  - Chester County
  - This Norway is located in Chester County and lies 1,420 miles [2,285.3 km]<2> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Norway.
- Prince Edward Island
  - This Norway lies 1,543 miles [2,483.2 km]<2> to the east.
- South Carolina
  - Orangeburg County
  - This Norway is located in Orangeburg County and lies 1,634 miles [2,629.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Norway.
- South Dakota
  - Yankton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Norway [Yankton County].
- West Virginia
  - Marion County
  - This Norway is located in Marion County and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Norway.
- Wisconsin
  - Monroe County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Norway [Monroe County].

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

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

Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Norway to Winnipeg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,880 miles [9,462.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Norway. 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>	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 Norway 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.
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Norway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.9667, Longitude: -97.8333
<3>	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.
<4>	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 Norway to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.446 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.892 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.751 degrees.