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Curious and Interesting Names Near Le Deux Milles ...
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.
- Boundary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary
- Halfway Depot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Louis du Ha! Ha!
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Depot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Transfiguration
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Le Deux Milles 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 Le Deux Milles to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Le Deux Milles and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Le Deux Milles to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,212 miles [8,387.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,938 miles [9,556.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,815 miles [6,139.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Le Deux Milles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Le Deux Milles to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Le Deux Milles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7144, Longitude: -68.8333 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.596 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.854 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.446 degrees. |
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