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Communities Also Named Pigeon River ...

We found two communities that share the name Pigeon River.

Within Ontario, the name Pigeon River is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Cook County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Pigeon River.
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood 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 North Carolina community of Pigeon River [Haywood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pigeon River ...

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.

  • Cloud Bay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloud Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Bay
  • Crooks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
  • Grand Portage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Portage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Portage
    • Grand Portage is located in Cook County (MN)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Portage <4>
  • Jackpine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackpine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackpine
  • Moose Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Hill
  • Pardee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
  • Pigeon River
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pigeon River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon River
    • Pigeon River is located in Cook County (MN)
  • Red Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
    • Red Rock is located in Cook County (MN)
  • Silver Mountain
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Mountain
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Mountain <4>

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<5> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pigeon River to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 39 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,622 miles [7,438.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pigeon River. 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 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 Pigeon River 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pigeon River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pigeon River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0136, Longitude: -89.7065    
<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 Pigeon River 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 315.704 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.644 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.747 degrees.




 

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