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Communities Also Named Lagoon City ...

We found one communities that share the name Lagoon City.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Lagoon City.

Beyond Ontario.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Lagoon City #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 Lagoon City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lagoon City ...

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.

  • Bonnie Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Beach
  • Fountain Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Beach
  • Gamebridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gamebridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamebridge
  • Gamebridge Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gamebridge Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamebridge Beach
  • Harry's Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harry's Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry's Corner
  • Joyland Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joyland Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyland Beach
  • Lakeview Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Beach
  • Murphy Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Beach
  • Prophet Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Sandy Point Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Point Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point Beach

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lagoon City and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 181 miles [291.3 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Lagoon City to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 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 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 Lagoon City 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lagoon City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lagoon City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5469, Longitude: -79.2089    
<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 Lagoon City 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 308.794 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.345 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.43 degrees.




 

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