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Communities Also Named Duck Lake ...
We found four communities that share the name Duck Lake.
Within Saskatchewan, the name Duck Lake is unique.
Beyond Saskatchewan, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these four communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- 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 Michigan community of Duck Lake [Allegan County].
- Calhoun County
- This Duck Lake is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<2> to the east southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Duck Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Duck Lake ...
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.
- Carpenter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hepburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hepburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Red Deer Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Deer Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Deer Hill
- Smuts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smuts
How Far From Duck Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Duck Lake to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Duck Lake and extending to:
- Regina, which is the Provincial Capital of Saskatchewan, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Duck Lake to Regina, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,457 miles [2,344.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 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 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,941 miles [7,951.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Duck Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: www.saskatchewan.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Duck Lake 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Duck Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Duck Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.8140, Longitude: -106.2276 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Duck Lake 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 328.014 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.126 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.507 degrees. |
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