Boyer (Alberta) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Boyer ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Boyer.

Within Alberta, the name Boyer is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Park County
  - This community is historic<1> and although located in Park County, we don't know where within the .
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Boyer.
- Idaho
  - Bonner County
  - This Boyer is located in Bonner County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<2> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Boyer.
- Iowa
  - Crawford County
  - This Boyer is located in Crawford County and lies 1,440 miles [2,317.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Boyer.
- Kansas
  - Rawlins County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Boyer [Rawlins County].
  - Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Boyer [Shawnee County].
- Mississippi
  - Sunflower County
  - This Boyer is located in Sunflower County and lies 2,083 miles [3,352.3 km]<2> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Boyer.
- Missouri
  - Wright County
  - This Boyer is located in Wright County and lies 1,802 miles [2,900 km]<2> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Boyer.
- Nevada
  - Churchill County
  - This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Boyer [Churchill County].
- Ohio
  - Mahoning County
  - This Boyer is located in Mahoning County and lies 1,955 miles [3,146.3 km]<2> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Boyer.
- Oregon
  - Tillamook County
  - This Boyer is located in Tillamook County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Boyer.
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny County
  - This Boyer is located in Allegheny County and lies 2,012 miles [3,238 km]<2> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Boyer.
- Quebec
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Boyer.
- West Virginia
  - Pocahontas County
  - This Boyer is located in Pocahontas County and lies 2,118 miles [3,408.6 km]<2> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Boyer.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boyer ...

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.

Buffalo Head Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Head Prairie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Head Prairie
Rocky Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Lane

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

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

Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Boyer to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>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 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,906 miles [3,067.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 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 6,750 miles [10,863.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,906 miles [7,895.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	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 Boyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	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- Boyer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 58.3851, Longitude: -116.2592
<3>	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 Boyer 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.
<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 Boyer 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 336.024 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.613 degrees.
<9>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.118 degrees.