Tasialuup Itillinga (Quebec) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tasialuup Itillinga and extending to:

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Tasialuup Itillinga to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 53 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,817 miles [6,142.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	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- Tasialuup Itillinga) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tasialuup Itillinga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 58.6833, Longitude: -77.7000
<2>	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.
<3>	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 Tasialuup Itillinga to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.418 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.027 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.112 degrees.