Two years ago, I was studying an online atlas of the world and I happened to notice that there are three cities located in North America which have a geographical similarity with three cities located in Europe.
The three cities in North America are London, Ontario, Port Dover, Ontario, and Dunkirk, New York. The three cities in Europe are London, England, Dover, England, and Dunkirk, France.
If you study the two maps shown below, you will notice the geographical similarities between these six cities.
London, Ontario, Port Dover, Ontario, and Dunkirk, New York.
London, England, Dover, England, and Dunkirk, France.
I think it is also interesting that according to Google Maps, the flying distance from London, Ontario to Dunkirk, New York is approximately 103 miles and the flying distance from London, England to Dunkirk, France is approximately 109 miles.
I am very curious to find out if someone else, perhaps a historian or a map maker, had also noticed the geographical similarities of these six cities and if he/she had written an article about it. I am hoping that if there is such an article, that this article will have an explanation as to why these North American cities had been named after those cities in Europe.
I have spent many hours searching the Internet over the past two years for such an article, but I have not found it yet. I am hoping that someone on History.SE will be able to answer this for me.
Has anyone ever written about the geographical similarities of these three cities in North America with three cities in Europe?