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Communities Also Named Christie Lake ...

We found one communities that share the name Christie Lake.

Within Ontario, the name Christie Lake is unique.

Beyond Ontario, there is another community also named Christie Lake in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Van Buren 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 Christie Lake [Van Buren County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Christie 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.

  • Crow Lake
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    • Crow Lake lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest of Christie Lake.
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  • Freeland
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    • Freeland lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast of Christie Lake.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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  • Harper
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    • Harper lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Christie Lake.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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  • High Falls
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    • High Falls lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Christie Lake.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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  • Jamesville
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    • Jamesville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast of Christie Lake.
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  • Playfairville
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    • Playfairville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north of Christie Lake.
    • Former names for Playfairville:
    • Playfair Mills
    • Playfair Rapids
    • Playfairville has also been known as:
    • Playfair
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  • Scotch Line
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    • Scotch Line lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Christie Lake.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Line came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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  • Scotch Point
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    • Scotch Point lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east of Christie Lake.
    • Scotch Point has also been known as:
    • Cranworth Post Office
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  • Stanleyville
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    • Stanleyville lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Christie Lake.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanleyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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How Far From Christie 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 Christie Lake to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Christie Lake to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,228 miles [6,804.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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 Christie 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' (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- Christie Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Christie Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8208, Longitude: -76.4103    
<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 Christie Lake 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 306.961 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.332 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.907 degrees.




 

 

 

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