Havre Saint Pierre (Quebec) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

How Far From Havre Saint Pierre 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 village such as Havre Saint Pierre to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Havre Saint Pierre and extending to:

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Havre Saint Pierre to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 37 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 26 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,920 miles [7,918 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,648 miles [9,089.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,527 miles [5,676.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Havre Saint Pierre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Havre Saint Pierre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.2450, Longitude: -63.5990
<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 Havre Saint Pierre 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 297.493 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.82 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 291.818 degrees.