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Curious and Interesting Names Near Notre Dame du Nord ...
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.
- Button's Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Button's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button's Corners
- Cobalt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hillview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Judge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
- Marshall's Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall's Corners
- McCool
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCool came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Tomstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomstown
- Uno Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uno Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Park
How Far From Notre Dame du Nord 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 village such as Notre Dame du Nord to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Notre Dame du Nord and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 240 miles [386.2 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Notre Dame du Nord to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,628 miles [9,057.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Notre Dame du Nord: www.municipalite.notre-dame-du-nord.qc.ca/ The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Notre Dame du Nord) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Notre Dame du Nord. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6000, Longitude: -79.6500 |
| <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 Notre Dame du Nord 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 308.766 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.803 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.317 degrees. |
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