Welcome to Canal ...
Although we found mention of Canal during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Canal was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Canal to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Canal, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Canal might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
Area Codes for Canal: 705, 249 & 683<2>
Communities Also Named Canal ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Canal - they are located in Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Brunswick, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Canal.
Communities near Canal ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Canal.
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kearney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Britannia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Millar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bondi Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Melissa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melissa
- Mizpah ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
- Newholm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newholm
- Port Cunnington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canal ...
Looking for more information about Canal? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Canal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Canal.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Canal and then turned west". While Canal could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Canal as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
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 Canal 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> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 705 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 249 or 683. New phone numbers in the Canal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 705, 249 or 683. As a result, placing a call in the Canal area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |