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Communities Also Named Loon Lake ...

We found nine communities that share the name Loon Lake.

Within Saskatchewan, the name Loon Lake is unique.

Beyond Saskatchewan, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these nine communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Loon Lake lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Loon Lake is located in Lake County and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Loon Lake.
    • Indiana
      • Noble 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 Indiana community of Loon Lake [Noble County].
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • This Loon Lake is located in Franklin County and lies 1,809 miles [2,911.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Loon Lake.
    • Michigan
      • Iosco 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 Michigan community of Loon Lake [Iosco County].
      • Oakland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Loon Lake [Oakland County].
    • New York
      • Franklin County
      • This Loon Lake is located in Franklin County and lies 1,689 miles [2,718.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Loon Lake.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Loon Lake.
    • Washington
      • Stevens County
      • This Loon Lake is located in Stevens County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of Loon Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loon 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.

  • Flat Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Valley
  • Four Corners
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Golden Ridge
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ridge
  • Little Fishing Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Fishing Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Fishing Lake
  • Loon River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Peerless
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peerless came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
  • Pine Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rapid View
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Cross
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Cross came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross

How Far From Loon Lake to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Loon Lake to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Regina, which is the Provincial Capital of Saskatchewan, lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Loon Lake to Regina, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,588 miles [2,555.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 91 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 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 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: www.saskatchewan.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Loon Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Loon Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.0282, Longitude: -109.1600    
<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 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 Loon 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.
<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 Loon 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 330.329 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.857 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.165 degrees.




 

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