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Communities Also Named Portage ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Portage.

There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named Portage.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 22 communities, three are located in Canada and twenty are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • 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 Alaska community of Portage.
    • Illinois
      • Jo Daviess County
      • This Portage is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 1,502 miles [2,417.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Portage.
    • Indiana
      • Hamilton County
      • This Portage is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,352 miles [2,175.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Portage.
      • Porter County
      • This Portage is located in Porter County and lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Portage.
    • Kansas
      • Rooks 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 Kansas community of Portage [Rooks County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Landry Parish
      • This Portage is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 2,001 miles [3,220.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Portage.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Portage is located in Aroostook County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Portage.
    • Michigan
      • Delta 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 Portage [Delta County].
      • Kalamazoo County
      • This Portage is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 1,273 miles [2,048.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Portage.
    • Minnesota
      • Aitkin 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 Minnesota community of Portage [Aitkin County].
    • Missouri
      • Osage 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 Portage [Osage County].
    • Montana
      • Cascade County
      • This Portage is located in Cascade County and lies 2,357 miles [3,793.2 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Portage.
    • New Brunswick
      • 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 Brunswick community of Portage.
    • New York
      • Livingston 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 Portage [Livingston County].
      • Wyoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Portage [Wyoming County].
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This Portage is located in Wood County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Portage.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Portage is located in Cambria County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Portage.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Portage lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • Utah
      • Box Elder County
      • This Portage is located in Box Elder County and lies 2,546 miles [4,097.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Portage.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Portage is located in King County and lies 2,860 miles [4,602.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Portage.
      • Skagit County
      • This Portage is located in Skagit County and lies 2,786 miles [4,483.6 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skagit County community of Portage.
    • Wisconsin
      • Columbia County
      • This Portage is located in Columbia County and lies 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Portage.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Portage ...

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.

  • Blacketts Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blacketts Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacketts Lake
  • Caribou Marsh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou Marsh came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou Marsh
  • Frenchvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchvale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchvale
  • Front Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Front Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Lake
  • Ironville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
  • Juniper Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Mountain
  • Marion Bridge Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Bridge Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Bridge Road
  • Meadows Road
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Road
  • Prime Brook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prime Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prime Brook
  • Rear Balls Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Balls Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Balls Creek
  • Rock Elm
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elm

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Portage to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 42 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 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 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,499 miles [5,631.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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 Portage 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' (or 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- Portage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0386, Longitude: -60.3404    
<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 Portage 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 296.673 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.087 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.228 degrees.




 

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