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Communities Also Named Carp ...

We found nine communities that share the name Carp.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Carp.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Carp #1
      • 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 Ontario community of Carp.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Carp lies 2,162 miles [3,479.4 km]<2> to the northwest.
    • Indiana
      • Owen County
      • This Carp is located in Owen County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Carp.
    • Michigan
      • Marquette 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 Carp [Marquette County].
    • Minnesota
      • Lake of the Woods County
      • This Carp is located in Lake of the Woods County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake of the Woods County community of Carp.
    • Nevada
      • Eureka County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Eureka County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eureka County community of Carp.
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Carp [Lincoln County].
    • South Carolina
      • York 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 South Carolina community of Carp [York County].
    • Tennessee
      • Rhea 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 Tennessee community of Carp [Rhea County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carp ...

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.

  • Berrys
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berrys came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
  • Corkery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corkery came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corkery
  • Crystal Bay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Bay
  • Crystal Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Elm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
  • Greenlands
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenlands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlands
  • Hazeldean
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazeldean came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldean
  • Lakeview Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Marathon Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Queens Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queens Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Park
  • Rocky Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Stanley Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Corners
  • Woodlawn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Carp to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,587 miles [8,991.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,193 miles [6,748 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Carp 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3500, Longitude: -76.0333    
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Carp 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 306.653 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.074 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.468 degrees.




 

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