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Communities Also Named Grand Lake ...

We found nine communities that share the name Grand Lake.

There are two communities within Nova Scotia that are also named Grand Lake.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seven communities, .

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Grand Lake #1
      • The profile page for Grand Lake #2
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Grand Lake.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot County
      • This Grand Lake is located in Chicot County and lies 1,812 miles [2,916.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Grand Lake.
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • This Grand Lake is located in Alameda County and lies 3,124 miles [5,027.6 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Grand Lake.
    • Colorado
      • Grand County
      • This Grand Lake is located in Grand County and lies 2,265 miles [3,645.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand County community of Grand Lake.
    • Louisiana
      • Cameron Parish
      • This Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish and lies 2,039 miles [3,281.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron Parish community of Grand Lake.
    • Michigan
      • Presque Isle 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 Grand Lake [Presque Isle County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Grand Lake is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Grand Lake.
    • Texas
      • Montgomery 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 Texas community of Grand Lake [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand Lake ...

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.

  • Dundee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <4>
  • Glasgow Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Point
  • Hawker
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawker came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawker
  • Pondville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pondville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
  • Rear Black River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Black River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Black River
  • Robins
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robins came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
  • Rocky Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bay
  • Seaview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview
  • Sporting Mountain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sporting Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Mountain

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 709 miles [1,141 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Grand Lake to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 41 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,962 miles [7,985.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,666 miles [9,118.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,543 miles [5,701.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.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 Grand Lake 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grand Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grand Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5542, Longitude: -61.0200    
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 297.232 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.613 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.921 degrees.




 

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