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From: "Lorine McGinnis Schulze" <>
Subject: [UPP-CAN] Re: Amherst Island & Finding Locations in Canada
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 08:02:16 -0500


> >Does anyone know of or ever heard of a place called Amherst Island?
> >Regards,
> >Jerry

By going to Canadian Geographical Names online you will never
need to ask others to do map lookups for you again :-)

GeoNames has a wealth of extra information that will not be
available to you through a lookup.

Naturually you type in your location (A) and receive an answer but
you can also type in a second location (B) to find distances
between A and B.

You can request a list of all towns, cities, villages within a certain
radius of A.

You can ask to view a regional, national or large scale map which
features A

You can obtain complete map co ordinates for A which enables
you to find it easily in an atlas

For eg typing in AMHERST ISLAND brings up 3 hits. There are 3
locations in Canada that match that request. Asking other
subscribers to do a lookup for you, may mean that you only receive
one answer (the one they are most familiar with) and it may not be
the one you want!

So --- I urge everyone to go to this online site rather than ask on
the list for a lookup - you won't be sorry you did.

http://GeoNames.NRCan.gc.ca/english/


Lorine McGinnis Schulze

The Olive Tree Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/

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