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Communities Also Named Regent ...
We found six communities that share the name Regent.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Regent.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, .
- Communities Located In Ontario ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Johnson 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 Illinois community of Regent [Johnson County].
- Manitoba
- This Regent lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Mineral County, we don't know where within the .
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Regent.
- North Dakota
- Hettinger County
- This Regent is located in Hettinger County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<2> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hettinger County community of Regent.
- Virginia
- Middlesex County
- This Regent is located in Middlesex County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Regent.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Regent ...
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.
- Canyon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Harmony Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Horseshoe Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bay
- Jones Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Landing
- Lunar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lunar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunar
How Far From Regent 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 Regent to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Regent and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 432 miles [695.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Regent to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 25 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,813 miles [9,355.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Regent 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- Regent) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Regent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2386, Longitude: -84.3950 |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Regent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Regent to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.034 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.403 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.061 degrees. |
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