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Communities Also Named Canon ...

We found eight communities that share the name Canon.

Within Quebec, the name Canon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Conejos County
      • This Canon is located in Conejos County and lies 1,779 miles [2,863 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conejos County community of Canon.
    • Georgia
      • Franklin County
      • This Canon is located in Franklin County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Canon.
    • New Mexico
      • Mora County
      • This Canon is located in Mora County and lies 1,780 miles [2,864.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mora County community of Canon.
      • San Juan County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in San Juan County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Canon.
      • Sandoval County
      • This Canon is located in Sandoval County and lies 1,856 miles [2,986.9 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandoval County community of Canon.
      • Taos County
      • This Canon is located in Taos County and lies 1,774 miles [2,855 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taos County community of Canon.
    • Oregon
      • Umatilla County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Canon [Umatilla County].
    • Washington
      • Kittitas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Canon [Kittitas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Canon ...

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.

  • Bordeaux
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bordeaux came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
  • Castle Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gardens
  • Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
  • Greenfield Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Park
  • Grove Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Monkland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
  • Tennessee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tennessee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee
  • Texas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Canon and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Canon to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,080 miles [6,566.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Canon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Canon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5064, Longitude: -73.4633    
<2>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 Canon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 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 Canon 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.
<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 Canon 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 304.984 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.233 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.094 degrees.




 

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