Welcome to La Pointe Blanche ...
Although we found mention of La Pointe Blanche during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how La Pointe Blanche 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 Pointe Blanche to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with La Pointe Blanche, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that La Pointe Blanche 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).
Note: If you travel east from La Pointe Blanche (for example, toward Lac Baker (NB)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).
We believe that La Pointe Blanche would be found within the (418) & (581)<2> area codes.
Communities near La Pointe Blanche ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Pointe Blanche.
- Fort Kent
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pohenegamook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pohenegamook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pohenegamook
- Notre Dame du Lac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notre Dame du Lac came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notre Dame du Lac
- Riviere Bleue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riviere Bleue came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riviere Bleue
- Clair
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- Saint David
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint David came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint David
- Packington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Packington came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packington
- Saint Eusebe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Eusebe came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Eusebe
- Saint Francois de Madawaska
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Francois de Madawaska came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francois de Madawaska
- Lac Baker Parish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lac Baker Parish came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac Baker Parish
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around La Pointe Blanche. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Pointe Blanche.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Pointe Blanche. See our Newspapers Page for La Pointe Blanche.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Pointe Blanche ...
Looking for more information about La Pointe Blanche? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to La Pointe Blanche, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for La Pointe Blanche.
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 Pointe Blanche and then turned west". While La Pointe Blanche could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added La Pointe Blanche 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 Pointe Blanche 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> | Area code (581) is an overlay for area code (418). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |