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Communities Also Named Brest ...

We found four communities that share the name Brest.

There is one other community in New Brunswick which is also named Brest.

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these three communities, one is located in Canada and the other three communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Mitchell 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 Georgia community of Brest [Mitchell County].
    • Michigan
      • 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 Michigan community of Brest [Monroe County].
    • Missouri
      • Jasper 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 Missouri community of Brest [Jasper County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brest ...

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.

  • Bass River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Beersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beersville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersville
  • Ford Bank
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ford Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Bank
  • Fords Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fords Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mills
  • Murphy Settlement
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Settlement
  • Pine Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Spring Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
  • Targettville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Targettville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Targettville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Brest and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 518 miles [833.6 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Brest to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,815 miles [9,358.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,690 miles [5,938.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.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 Brest 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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4667, Longitude: -65.0000    
<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 Brest 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 299.445 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.241 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.259 degrees.




 

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