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Communities Also Named Cawood ...

We found three communities that share the name Cawood.

Within Quebec, the name Cawood is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • This Cawood is located in Harlan County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Cawood.
    • Missouri
      • Andrew 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 Missouri community of Cawood [Andrew County].
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cawood [Claiborne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cawood ...

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
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alcove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcove
  • Fieldville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldville
  • Grove Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek
  • Ladysmith
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ladysmith came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
  • Leach Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leach Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Lake
  • Low
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Low came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low
  • Otter Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
  • Ruthledge
    (13 miles [20.9 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:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge
  • Stagsburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stagsburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagsburn
  • Wolf Bay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bay
  • Wolf Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Cawood to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,573 miles [8,968.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,182 miles [6,730.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Cawood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cawood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8333, Longitude: -76.2000    
<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 Cawood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Cawood 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.
<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 Cawood 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 306.698 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.204 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.321 degrees.




 

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