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Communities Also Named Kirk's Ferry ...

We found one communities that share the name Kirk's Ferry.

Within Quebec, the name Kirk's Ferry is unique.

Beyond Quebec, there is another community also named Kirk's Ferry in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Catahoula Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Kirk's Ferry [Catahoula Parish].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirk's Ferry ...

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.

  • Camp Fortune
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Fortune came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Fortune
  • Cascades
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascades came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascades
  • Farm Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farm Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Point
  • Farmer's Rapids
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmer's Rapids came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer's Rapids
  • Hollow Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollow Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Glen
  • Hull
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hull came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
  • Ironside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironside
  • Kilroy Crescent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kilroy Crescent came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilroy Crescent
  • Peter's Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peter's Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter's Point

How Far From Kirk's Ferry to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kirk's Ferry and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Kirk's Ferry to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,570 miles [8,964 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,177 miles [6,722.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Kirk's Ferry 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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kirk's Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kirk's Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5417, Longitude: -75.8167    
<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 Kirk's Ferry 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 306.489 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.921 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.266 degrees.




 

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