Welcome to Lac Rita ...
Although we found mention of Lac Rita during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Lac Rita 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 Lac Rita to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lac Rita, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Lac Rita 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 Lac Rita would be found within the (418) & (581)<2> area codes.
Communities near Lac Rita ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lac Rita.
- Saint Raymond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Raymond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Raymond
- Pont Rouge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pont Rouge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pont Rouge
- Sainte Catherine de la Jacques Cartier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sainte Catherine de la Jacques Cartier came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sainte Catherine de la Jacques Cartier
- Shannon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shannon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Portneuf
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portneuf came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portneuf
- Saint Gabriel de Valcartier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Gabriel de Valcartier came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Gabriel de Valcartier
- Cap Sante
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cap Sante came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Sante
- Saint Basile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Basile came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Basile
- Fossambault sur le Lac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fossambault sur le Lac came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossambault sur le Lac
- Saint Leonard de Portneuf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Leonard de Portneuf came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leonard de Portneuf
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 north past Lac Rita and then turned east". While Lac Rita could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Lac Rita 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 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 Lac Rita 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> | 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. |