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Communities Also Named Montreal ...

We found nine communities that share the name Montreal.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Quebec ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Montreal #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 Montreal.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian County
      • This Montreal is located in Sebastian County and lies 1,301 miles [2,093.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Montreal.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This Montreal is located in DeKalb County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Montreal.
    • Michigan
      • Gogebic County
      • 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 Michigan community of Montreal [Gogebic County].
    • Missouri
      • Camden County
      • This Montreal is located in Camden County and lies 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Montreal.
      • Texas County
      • Although located in Texas County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Montreal.
    • Ohio
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Montreal [Lawrence County].
    • Virginia
      • Nelson County
      • 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 Virginia community of Montreal [Nelson County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Iron County
      • This Montreal is located in Iron County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Montreal.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Montreal ...

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.

  • Bordeaux
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bordeaux came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
  • Castle Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gardens
  • Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
  • Greenfield Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Park
  • Grove Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Monkland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
  • Tennessee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tennessee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee
  • Texas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Montreal to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,086 miles [6,575.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Montreal: www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Montreal 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Montreal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montreal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4954, Longitude: -73.5881    
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Montreal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Montreal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.065 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.322 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.163 degrees.




 

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