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Communities Also Named Saint-Jean-Baptiste ...
We found three communities that are also named Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
There is one other community in New Brunswick that is also named Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
Beyond New Brunswick, we know of two communities that are located in Canada.
- Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- This Saint-Jean-Baptiste lies 1,511 miles [2,431.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- Quebec
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint-Jean-Baptiste ...
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.
- Chockpish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coates Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ford Bank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Murphy Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peters Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Targettville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Saint-Jean-Baptiste 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint-Jean-Baptiste and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 532 miles [856.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Saint-Jean-Baptiste to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>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 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,088 miles [8,188.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,677 miles [5,917.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste 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. |
| <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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4833, Longitude: -64.7000 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.252 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.031 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.096 degrees. |
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