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Communities Also Named La Baleine ...

We found two communities that share the name La Baleine.

There are two communities within Quebec that are also named La Baleine.

Beyond Quebec.

  • Communities Located In Quebec ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for La Baleine #1
      • This La Baleine lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
      • The profile page for La Baleine #2
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of La Baleine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near La Baleine ...

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.

  • Grand Bras
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bras came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bras
  • Holliday
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holliday came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
  • Monk
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monk came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monk
  • Rebeca
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rebeca came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebeca
  • Tourville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tourville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tourville

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from La Baleine to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,283 miles [8,502.2 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 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,888 miles [6,257.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- La Baleine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in La Baleine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4022, Longitude: -70.3511    
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 La Baleine 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.
<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 La Baleine 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 302.646 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.962 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.44 degrees.




 

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