Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of River Canard during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how River Canard was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about River Canard (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for River Canard. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Newspapers Published in River Canard ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 527 newspapers that have been published in the area around River Canard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of River Canard, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for River Canard.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to River Canard:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near River Canard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of River Canard.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for River Canard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from River Canard, with the one closest to River Canard listed first.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ecorse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ecorse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ecorse Cemetery
- Ferndale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ferndale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferndale Cemetery
- The Old Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the The Old Burial Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the The Old Burial Ground
- Rucker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rucker Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. John The Baptist RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- St. Stephen's Anglican Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of LaSalle.
- The Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Heavenly Rest Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980365 <4>
- Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around River Canard. See our List of 1890's Communities around River Canard.
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. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past River Canard and then turned east". While River Canard could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added River Canard as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
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 River Canard 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.
Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Ontario community named River Canard. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- River Canard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in River Canard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1875, Longitude: -83.0919 |
| <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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |