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Communities Also Named Birch Cove ...

We found one communities that share the name Birch Cove.

Within Alberta, the name Birch Cove is unique.

Beyond Alberta, there is another community also named Birch Cove in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Birch Cove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Birch Cove ...

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.

  • Castle Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Island
  • Cosmo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmo
  • Freedom
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Gunn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gunn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
  • Highridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highridge
  • Rich Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
  • Sunrise Beach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
  • Sunset Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Point
  • Yellowstone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone

How Far From Birch Cove 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 village such as Birch Cove to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Birch Cove and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Birch Cove to Edmonton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,798 miles [2,893.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,102 miles [8,210.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Birch Cove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Birch Cove 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.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Birch Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birch Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.9500, Longitude: -114.3667    
<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 Birch Cove 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 334.522 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.579 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.672 degrees.




 

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