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Communities Also Named Valdor ...

We found one communities that share the name Valdor.

Within Quebec, the name Valdor is unique.

Beyond Quebec, there is another community also named Valdor in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Graham County
      • 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 Kansas community of Valdor [Graham County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Valdor ...

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.

  • Blanche
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanche came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
  • Centrefield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centrefield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centrefield
  • Clarence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarence came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • Glenburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
  • Inlet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inlet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
  • Jessups Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessups Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessups Falls
  • Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing
  • Mayo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayo came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
  • Rockdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Rockland
    (8 miles [12.9 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
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockland <3>
  • Silver Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Treadwell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Treadwell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadwell

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Valdor and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Valdor 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 just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,542 miles [8,919 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,147 miles [6,673.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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 Valdor 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Valdor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valdor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6433, Longitude: -75.1878    
<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 Valdor 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 306.069 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.469 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.897 degrees.




 

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