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Communities Also Named Braemar ...

We found four communities that share the name Braemar.

Within Ontario, the name Braemar is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these four communities, one is located in Canada and the other three communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Braemar is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Braemar.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Braemar is located in Harford County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Braemar.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Braemar.
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • This Braemar is located in Carter County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Braemar.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Braemar ...

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.

  • Codys Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Harmony
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Holiday
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday
  • Huntingford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntingford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingford
  • Maple Lake Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Maplewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Perrys Lane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrys Lane came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Lane
  • Tollgate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tollgate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
  • Willow Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Braemar to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,865 miles [9,438.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,473 miles [7,198.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

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 from Point A (ie- Braemar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Braemar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1953, Longitude: -80.8475    
<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 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 Braemar 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>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 Braemar 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 309.96 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.448 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.789 degrees.




 

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