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Communities Also Named Fisher Mills ...

We found one communities that share the name Fisher Mills.

Within Ontario, the name Fisher Mills is unique.

Beyond Ontario, there is another community also named Fisher Mills in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Fisher Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fisher Mills ...

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.

  • Blair
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Clyde
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Freeport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • German Mills ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for German Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Mills
    • Former names for German Mills:
    • Bleam's Mills
    • Edinburgh
    • Hopewell Mills
    • Jewsburg
  • Little Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Littles Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littles Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
  • Maryhill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Priory Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Priory Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priory Park
  • Rockway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockway
  • Stanley Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Park

How Far From Fisher Mills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fisher Mills to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Fisher Mills and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 266 miles [428.1 km]<5> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Fisher Mills to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

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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 Fisher Mills 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>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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fisher Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fisher Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4358, Longitude: -80.3344    
<6>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.
<7>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 Fisher Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.613 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.093 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.444 degrees.









 

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