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Communities Also Named Grand-Ruisseau ...

We found two communities that are also named Grand-Ruisseau.

There is one other community in New Brunswick that is also named Grand-Ruisseau.

Beyond New Brunswick, there is another community also named Grand-Ruisseau in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Grand-Ruisseau.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand-Ruisseau ...

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.

  • Grand Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Falls Station
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Martin Siding
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Parent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Parent is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parent
  • Powers Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Prime
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prime
  • Veneer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veneer

How Far From Grand-Ruisseau 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 Grand-Ruisseau to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 392 miles [630.9 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Grand-Ruisseau to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,192 miles [8,355.7 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 5,914 miles [9,517.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,790 miles [6,099.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Grand-Ruisseau 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Grand-Ruisseau) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Grand-Ruisseau to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grand-Ruisseau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2000, Longitude: -67.8667    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.087 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.198 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.258 degrees.