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Communities Also Named Varennes ...

We found two communities that share the name Varennes.

There is one other community in Quebec which is also named Varennes.

Beyond Quebec, there is another community also named Varennes in Canada and the United States.

  • Communities Located In Quebec ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Varennes #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 Varennes.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Varennes [Anderson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Varennes ...

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.

  • Bordeaux
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bordeaux came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
  • Castle Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gardens
  • Crabtree
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crabtree came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Creek Beach
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Beach
  • Glen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
  • Greenfield Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Park
  • Grove Hill
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Lorraine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lorraine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
  • Marieville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marieville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marieville
  • Monkland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
  • Texas
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 111 miles [178.6 km]<4> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Varennes to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,471 miles [8,804.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,196 miles [9,971.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,073 miles [6,554.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Varennes. 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 Varennes 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>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 Varennes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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- Varennes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Varennes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6833, Longitude: -73.4333    
<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 Varennes 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 304.937 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.211 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.987 degrees.




 

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