Welcome to Billings Bay ...
Although we found mention of Billings Bay during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> We believe that Billings Bay had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
We've added Billings Bay to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Billings Bay, please Contact Us.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Billings Bay, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1925.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Billings Bay might be (or was) located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).
Communities near Billings Bay ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Billings Bay.
- Powell River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powell River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell River
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powell River <3>
- Saltery Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltery Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltery Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saltery Bay <3>
- Garden Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lang Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pope Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pope Landing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Landing
- Brew Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brew Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brew Bay
- Earls Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earls Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls Cove
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earls Cove <3>
- Irvines Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irvines Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvines Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvines Landing <3>
- Madeira Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madeira Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madeira Park
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madeira Park <3>
- Pender Harbour
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Billings Bay ...
Looking for more information about Billings Bay? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Billings Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Billings Bay.
Adding Billings Bay to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Billings Bay was on a map titled Map of British Columbia (from Gulf Refining, 1925).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Billings Bay.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Billings Bay and then turned west". While Billings Bay could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Billings Bay as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Billings Bay 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |