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Nearest Communities to Whitefish Point,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Whitefish Point, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Whitefish Point:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Whitefish Point.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Whitefish Point is located in Chippewa County.

The following 2 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chippewa County: Luce & Mackinac.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 21 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Whitefish Point. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Chippewa County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Whitefish Point (which is Chippewa County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Whitefish Point

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Chippewa County   (where Whitefish Point resides)
    • County Seat for Chippewa:   Sault Sainte Marie
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north and the Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Whitefish Point   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Whitefish Point.
      • Shelldrake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Vermilion
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Paradise
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
        • Paradise is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradise <4>
      • Emerson
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Emerson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
        • Emerson is located in Chippewa County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Emerson
        • From Whitefish Point to Emerson
      • Snug Harbor
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snug Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
        • Snug Harbor is located in Chippewa County
      • Timberlost
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlost have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlost
        • Timberlost is located in Chippewa County
      • Whitehouse Landing
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Landing
        • Whitehouse Landing is located in Chippewa County
      • Dollar Settlement
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dollar Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Settlement
        • Dollar Settlement is located in Chippewa County
      • Westons Iroquois Beach
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westons Iroquois Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westons Iroquois Beach
        • Westons Iroquois Beach is located in Chippewa County
      • Eckerman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckerman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckerman
        • Eckerman is located in Chippewa County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eckerman <4>
      • Strongs Corner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strongs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Corner
        • Strongs Corner is located in Chippewa County
      • Strongs
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Strongs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs
        • Strongs is located in Chippewa County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Strongs
        • From Whitefish Point to Strongs
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Mission
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
          • Mission is located in Chippewa County
        • Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower
          • Eckerman Corner Lookout Tower is located in Chippewa County
        • Eckerman Corner
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckerman Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckerman Corner
          • Eckerman Corner is located in Chippewa County
        • Hulbert
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Seewhy
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seewhy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seewhy
          • Seewhy is located in Chippewa County
        • Bay Mills
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Raco
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raco
          • Raco is located in Chippewa County
        • Dorgans Crossing
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorgans Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorgans Crossing
          • Dorgans Crossing is located in Chippewa County
  • Luce County
    • County Seat for Luce:   Newberry
    • Note: Lake Superior lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Whitefish Point   ...
      • Betty B Landing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Betty B Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty B Landing
        • Betty B Landing is located in Luce County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitefish Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitefish Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7656, Longitude: -84.9650       In this case, the coordinates for Whitefish Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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