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Communities Also Named Steel ...

We found five communities that share the name Steel.

Within Quebec, the name Steel is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, one is located in Canada and the other four communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Lane County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Lane County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Steel.
    • Mississippi
      • Scott County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Steel [Scott County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Steel [Rowan County].
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Steel [Belmont County].
    • Ontario
      • This Steel lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<3> to the west northwest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Steel ...

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.

  • Alcove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alcove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcove
  • Chats Haven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmside
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside
  • Greenlands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenlands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlands
  • Marshall Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Bay
  • Maryland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
  • Ruthledge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruthledge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge
  • Wolf Bay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bay
  • Wolf Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
  • Woodlawn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Steel 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 community such as Steel to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Steel to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,583 miles [8,985 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,191 miles [6,744.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Steel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 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 Steel 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.
<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- Steel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Steel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5667, Longitude: -76.1833    
<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 Steel 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 306.722 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.187 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.441 degrees.




 

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