Welcome to Saint Elie ...
Although we found mention of Saint Elie during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Saint Elie was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Saint Elie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Saint Elie, please Contact Us.
A typical abbreviation for Saint Elie: St. Elie
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Saint Elie might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
Communities near Saint Elie ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Saint Elie.
- Shawinigan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Mere
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shawinigan Sud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Louiseville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Louis de France
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pointe du Lac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Boniface
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Etienne des Gres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Alexis des Monts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lac a la Tortue
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Saint Elie and then turned west". While Saint Elie could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Saint Elie as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Saint Elie 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. |