Marquette (Quebec) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Marquette ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Marquette.

Within Quebec, the name Marquette is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eleven communities, one is located in Canada and the other ten communities are located in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - This Marquette is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,667 miles [2,682.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Marquette.
- Illinois
  - Bureau County
  - This Marquette is located in Bureau County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Marquette.
- Iowa
  - Clayton County
  - This Marquette is located in Clayton County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Marquette.
- Kansas
  - McPherson County
  - This Marquette is located in McPherson County and lies 1,636 miles [2,632.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the McPherson County community of Marquette.
- Manitoba
  - This Marquette lies 1,308 miles [2,105 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- Michigan
  - Marquette County
  - This Marquette is located in Marquette County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Marquette.
- Missouri
  - Cape Girardeau County
  - 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 Missouri community of Marquette [Cape Girardeau County].
- Nebraska
  - Hamilton County
  - This Marquette is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,549 miles [2,492.9 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Marquette.
- New York
  - Erie County
  - 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 New York community of Marquette [Erie County].
- Wisconsin
  - Green Lake County
  - This Marquette is located in Green Lake County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green Lake County community of Marquette.
- Wyoming
  - Big Horn County
  - 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 Wyoming community of Marquette [Big Horn County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marquette ...

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.

In the vicinity of Marquette, Cache Douze is located 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the Northeast

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

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

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Marquette to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 25 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,131 miles [8,257.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,741 miles [6,020.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/

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- Marquette) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marquette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2156, Longitude: -68.1428
<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 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 Marquette 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>	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.
<4>	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 Marquette to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.796 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.248 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.114 degrees.