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Communities Also Named Montcalm ...

We found four communities that share the name Montcalm.

There is one other community in Quebec which is also named Montcalm.

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

  • Communities Located In Quebec ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Montcalm #1
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Montcalm.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Bienville Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Montcalm [Bienville Parish].
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Montcalm is located in Grafton County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Montcalm.
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer County
      • This Montcalm is located in Mercer County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Montcalm.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Montcalm ...

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.

  • Christieville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christieville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christieville
  • Crystal Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Falls
  • Edina
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edina came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
  • Grace Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grace Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Park
  • Gray Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Valley
  • Lakeview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Laurel Station
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Station
  • Lost River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Rockway Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockway Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockway Valley
  • Spring Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley

How Far From Montcalm to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Montcalm to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Montcalm to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,500 miles [8,851.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,106 miles [6,608 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Montcalm. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 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 Montcalm 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>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 from Point A (ie- Montcalm) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montcalm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0000, Longitude: -74.5000    
<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 Montcalm 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 305.574 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.976 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.367 degrees.









 

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