Curious and Interesting Names Near Mont Bleu ...
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.
- Camp Fortune
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Centretown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farmer's Rapids
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fisher Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hull
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Ironside
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironside
- Kilroy Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsview Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manor Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Peter's Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tunney's Pasture
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Mont Bleu 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 Mont Bleu to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mont Bleu and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is just to the southeast (SE).
- The shortest distance<2> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,571 miles [8,965.7 km]<1> and it lies to the northeast (NE).<3>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,177 miles [6,722.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>'
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- Mont Bleu) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mont Bleu 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 Mont Bleu. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4653, Longitude: -75.7564 |
| <3> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.46 degrees. |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.876 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.273 degrees. |