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Communities Also Named La Prairie ...

We found six communities that share the name La Prairie.

There are three communities within Quebec that are also named La Prairie.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these three communities, four are located in Canada and two are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Quebec ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for La Prairie #1
      • This La Prairie lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • The profile page for La Prairie #2
      • This La Prairie lies 283 miles [455.4 km] to the southwest.
      • The profile page for La Prairie #3
      • 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 Prairie.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • This La Prairie is located in Adams County and lies 1,372 miles [2,208 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of La Prairie.
    • Minnesota
      • Itasca County
      • This La Prairie is located in Itasca County and lies 1,244 miles [2,002 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itasca County community of La Prairie.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This La Prairie lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the southeast.

Curious and Interesting Names Near La Prairie ...

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.

  • Seven Islands
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Islands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Islands
  • Shelter Bay
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelter Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Bay

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from La Prairie to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,033 miles [8,099.8 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 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,645 miles [5,866.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- La Prairie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in La Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.0972, Longitude: -66.3914    
<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 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.
<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 Prairie 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 299.404 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.885 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.53 degrees.




 

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