Pelham Corners (Ontario) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pelham Corners ...

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.

Beaverdams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdams
- Beaverdams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Beaverdams
- From Pelham Corners to Beaverdams
Black Horse Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse Corner
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Black Horse Corner
- From Pelham Corners to Black Horse Corner
Chambers Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corners
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Chambers Corners
- From Pelham Corners to Chambers Corners
Cooks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cooks Mills
- From Pelham Corners to Cooks Mills
Crowland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crowland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowland
Feeder
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Feeder
- From Pelham Corners to Feeder
Maple Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park
Marshville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
Power Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Power Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Glen
Rockway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockway
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rockway
- From Pelham Corners to Rockway

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pelham Corners and extending to:

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 242 miles [389.5 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Pelham Corners to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pelham Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pelham Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0244, Longitude: -79.2916
<3>	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.
<4>	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 Pelham Corners to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.978 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.313 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.102 degrees.