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Communities Also Named Cana ...

We found ten communities that share the name Cana.

Within Saskatchewan, the name Cana is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Butte County
      • This Cana is located in Butte County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Cana.
    • Florida
      • Saint Lucie County
      • This Cana is located in Saint Lucie County and lies 1,999 miles [3,217.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lucie County community of Cana.
    • Indiana
      • Jennings 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 Cana [Jennings County].
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery 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 Kansas community of Cana [Montgomery County].
    • Michigan
      • Chippewa 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 Cana [Chippewa County].
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Cana.
    • North Carolina
      • Davie County
      • This Cana is located in Davie County and lies 1,500 miles [2,414 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davie County community of Cana.
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cana [Abbeville County].
    • Texas
      • Van Zandt County
      • This Cana is located in Van Zandt County and lies 1,308 miles [2,105 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Cana.
    • Virginia
      • Carroll County
      • This Cana is located in Carroll County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cana.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cana ...

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.

  • Brewer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
  • Crescent Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
  • Moose Bay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Saltcoats
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
  • Willowbrook
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowbrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook

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

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

  • Regina, which is the Provincial Capital of Saskatchewan, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cana to Regina, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,930 miles [7,934.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Cana: rmofcana.ca/

The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: www.saskatchewan.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Cana) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.8835, Longitude: -102.6451    
<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 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 Cana 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>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 Cana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Cana 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 325.238 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.778 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.671 degrees.




 

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