Welcome to La Platine ...
Although we found mention of La Platine during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how La Platine was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added La Platine to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with La Platine, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that La Platine might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
Communities near La Platine ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Platine.
- Sorel Tracy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sorel Tracy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorel Tracy
- Joliette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joliette came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliette
- Lavaltrie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavaltrie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavaltrie
- Notre Dame des Prairies
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notre Dame des Prairies came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notre Dame des Prairies
- Louiseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louiseville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louiseville
- Contrecoeur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Contrecoeur came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contrecoeur
- Lanoraie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanoraie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanoraie
- Berthierville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berthierville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berthierville
- Saint Thomas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Thomas came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Yamachiche
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yamachiche came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamachiche
Off-the-Road Links ...
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. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past La Platine and then turned west". While La Platine could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added La Platine as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
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 La Platine 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. |