Domaine de la Passe (Quebec) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

How Far From Domaine de la Passe 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 Domaine de la Passe to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Domaine de la Passe and extending to:

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Domaine de la Passe to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,446 miles [8,764.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,176 miles [9,939.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,054 miles [6,524.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Domaine de la Passe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Domaine de la Passe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7539, Longitude: -73.8717
<2>	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.
<3>	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 Domaine de la Passe to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.05 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.52 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.651 degrees.