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Communities Also Named Gage ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Gage.

Within Alberta, the name Gage is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clay County
      • This Gage is located in Clay County and lies 2,207 miles [3,551.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Gage.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Gage is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Gage.
    • Kentucky
      • Ballard County
      • This Gage is located in Ballard County and lies 1,902 miles [3,061 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ballard County community of Gage.
    • Missouri
      • Wright 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 Missouri community of Gage [Wright County].
    • Montana
      • Musselshell County
      • This Gage is located in Musselshell County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Musselshell County community of Gage.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant 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 New Mexico community of Gage [Grant County].
      • Luna County
      • This Gage is located in Luna County and lies 1,724 miles [2,774.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luna County community of Gage.
    • New York
      • Yates 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 New York community of Gage [Yates County].
    • North Carolina
      • Madison 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 North Carolina community of Gage [Madison County].
      • Rutherford 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 North Carolina community of Gage [Rutherford County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This Gage is located in Gallia County and lies 2,030 miles [3,267 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Gage.
    • Oklahoma
      • Ellis County
      • This Gage is located in Ellis County and lies 1,623 miles [2,612 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Gage.
      • Woodward 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 Oklahoma community of Gage [Woodward County].
    • Texas
      • Grayson County
      • This Gage is located in Grayson County and lies 1,862 miles [2,996.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Gage.
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This Gage is located in Barbour County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Gage.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gage ...

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.

  • Blueberry Mountain
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bluesky
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluesky came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluesky
  • Eureka River
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka River
  • Last Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Last Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Lake
  • Poplar Ridge
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
  • Scotswood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotswood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotswood
  • Spirit River
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Gage to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,971 miles [3,172 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 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 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,080 miles [8,175.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 56.1333, Longitude: -118.5000    
<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 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 Gage 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 Gage, 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 Gage 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 337.901 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.547 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.125 degrees.




 

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