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Communities Also Named Trois Lacs ...

We found one communities that share the name Trois Lacs.

There is one other community in Quebec which is also named Trois Lacs.

Beyond Quebec.

  • Communities Located In Quebec ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Trois Lacs #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 Trois Lacs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trois Lacs ...

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.

  • Castlebar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castlebar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlebar
  • Danville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Gore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
  • Greenlay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenlay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlay
  • Greenshields
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenshields came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshields
  • Ham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ham
  • Hardwood Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardwood Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwood Hill
  • Kingsbury
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsbury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
  • Lime Ridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
  • Morse
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Rockland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland

How Far From Trois Lacs to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Trois Lacs and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 185 miles [297.7 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Trois Lacs to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,406 miles [8,700.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,129 miles [9,863.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,005 miles [6,445.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trois Lacs. 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Trois Lacs 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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trois Lacs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trois Lacs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8000, Longitude: -71.9000    
<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 Trois Lacs 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 303.94 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.119 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.151 degrees.




 

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