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Communities Also Named Colliers ...

We found four communities that share the name Colliers.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Colliers is unique.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell 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 Illinois community of Colliers [Tazewell County].
    • New York
      • Otsego 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 New York community of Colliers [Otsego County].
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield County
      • This Colliers is located in Edgefield County and lies 1,769 miles [2,846.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgefield County community of Colliers.
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke County
      • This Colliers is located in Brooke County and lies 1,434 miles [2,307.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Colliers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Colliers ...

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.

  • Bacon Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bull Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Cove
  • Cats Cove ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cats Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Cove
  • Chapel Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Cove
  • Conception Harbour
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conception Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Harbour
  • Gallows Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallows Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Cove
  • Georgetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Juniper Stump ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper Stump came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Stump
  • Lakeview ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Marysvale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysvale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysvale
  • Middle Arm
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Riverhead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverhead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverhead
  • Salmon Cove ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmon Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Cove
  • Turks Gut ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turks Gut came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turks Gut

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Colliers to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 61 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,572 miles [7,357.9 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 5,274 miles [8,487.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,151 miles [5,071 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Colliers 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 '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- Colliers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colliers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4500, Longitude: -53.2333    
<3>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.
<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 Colliers 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 291.771 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 286.966 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 288.419 degrees.




 

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