Welcome to Californie ...
Although we found mention of Californie during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Californie 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've added Californie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Californie, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Californie might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
Communities near Californie ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Californie.
- Louiseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Felix de Valois
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Jean de Matha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berthierville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saint Alexis des Monts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Gabriel de Brandon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sainte Melanie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yamachiche
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sainte Genevieve de Berthier
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maskinonge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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 north past Californie and then turned east". While Californie could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Californie 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 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 Californie 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. |