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Communities Also Named Carleton ...

We found six communities that share the name Carleton.

Within Quebec, the name Carleton is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these six communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Putnam 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 Florida community of Carleton [Putnam County].
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • This Carleton is located in Monroe County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Carleton.
    • Nebraska
      • Thayer County
      • This Carleton is located in Thayer County and lies 1,638 miles [2,636.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thayer County community of Carleton.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Carleton lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the south.
    • Oklahoma
      • Blaine County
      • This Carleton is located in Blaine County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Carleton.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Carleton lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the southeast.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carleton ...

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.

  • Clapperton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clapperton came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clapperton
  • Cooks Crossing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Crossing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Crossing
  • Craig
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
  • Eel River Cove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eel River Crossing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gravel Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Heron Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heron Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Island
  • Hickey Settlement
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickey Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey Settlement
  • Maria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maria came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
  • Mountain Brook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
  • Sea Side
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sea Side came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Side

How Far From Carleton to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Carleton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 488 miles [785.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Carleton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,814 miles [9,356.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,690 miles [5,938.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carleton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.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 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 Carleton 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carleton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1062, Longitude: -66.1269    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Carleton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.749 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.886 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.746 degrees.




 

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