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Communities Also Named Wolf Lake ...

We found nine communities that share the name Wolf Lake.

Within Quebec, the name Wolf Lake is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Mason County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Mason County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Wolf Lake.
      • Union County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Union County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wolf Lake.
    • Indiana
      • Lake 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 Indiana community of Wolf Lake [Lake County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Plymouth County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Wolf Lake.
    • Michigan
      • Jackson 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 Michigan community of Wolf Lake [Jackson County].
      • Lake County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Lake County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Wolf Lake.
      • Muskegon County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Muskegon County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskegon County community of Wolf Lake.
    • Minnesota
      • Becker County
      • This Wolf Lake is located in Becker County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Becker County community of Wolf Lake.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac 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 Wisconsin community of Wolf Lake [Fond du Lac County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolf Lake ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alcove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcove
  • Elmside
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside
  • Fieldville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldville
  • Iron Gate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Gate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
  • Ladysmith
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ladysmith came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
  • Maryland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
  • Ruthledge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruthledge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge
  • Stagsburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stagsburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagsburn
  • Steel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steel came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel
  • Wolf Bay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bay

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Wolf Lake to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,580 miles [8,980.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,188 miles [6,739.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wolf Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wolf Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6850, Longitude: -76.2089    
<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 Wolf Lake 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>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>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 Wolf Lake 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 306.723 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.208 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.397 degrees.




 

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