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Communities Also Named Prevost ...

We found three communities that share the name Prevost.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Quebec ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Prevost #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 Prevost.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • This Prevost is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Prevost.
    • Washington
      • San Juan County
      • This Prevost is located in San Juan County and lies 2,271 miles [3,654.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Prevost.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prevost ...

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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • Gordonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordonville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
  • Grace Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
  • Hill Head
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Head
  • Laurel Station
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • 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
  • Look Out Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Look Out Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Look Out Park
  • Lorraine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lorraine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
  • Mount Loyal
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Loyal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Loyal
  • Sir John Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sir John Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sir John Lake
  • Spring Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • 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 Prevost to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Prevost 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,489 miles [8,833.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,093 miles [6,587 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prevost. 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 Prevost 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- Prevost) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prevost. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8595, Longitude: -74.0578    
<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 Prevost 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 305.311 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.658 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.213 degrees.




 

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