Welcome to La Prairie ...
Although we found mention of La Prairie during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how La Prairie 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 Prairie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with La Prairie, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that La Prairie 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).
We believe that La Prairie would be found within the (819) area code.
Communities Also Named La Prairie ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named La Prairie - they are located in Illinois, Minnesota, Nova Scotia and Quebec (3).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Prairie.
Communities near La Prairie ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Prairie.
- Sept Iles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Uashat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uashat came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uashat
- Maliotenam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moisie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moisie
- Gallix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallix came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallix
- Clarke City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarke City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke City
- Ferland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferland
- Riviere Brochu
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riviere Brochu came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riviere Brochu
- Port Cartier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Cartier came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Cartier
- Saumon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saumon
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 Prairie and then turned east". While La Prairie could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added La Prairie 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 Prairie 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. |