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Communities Also Named Triangle ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Triangle.

Within Alberta, the name Triangle is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these twelve communities, one is located in Canada and the other eleven communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Joaquin 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 California community of Triangle [San Joaquin County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Triangle is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,546 miles [4,097.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Triangle.
      • Lake 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 Florida community of Triangle [Lake County].
    • Idaho
      • Owyhee County
      • This Triangle is located in Owyhee County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owyhee County community of Triangle.
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison 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 Mississippi community of Triangle [Harrison County].
    • New York
      • Broome County
      • This Triangle is located in Broome County and lies 2,024 miles [3,257.3 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Triangle.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Triangle lies 2,389 miles [3,844.7 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • North Carolina
      • Lincoln 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 Triangle [Lincoln County].
      • Wake 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 North Carolina community of Triangle [Wake County].
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • Although located in Anderson County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Triangle.
    • Texas
      • Falls County
      • This Triangle is located in Falls County and lies 1,924 miles [3,096.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Triangle.
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • This Triangle is located in Prince William County and lies 2,148 miles [3,456.9 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Triangle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Triangle ...

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.

  • Guy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
  • Heart River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heart River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart River
  • Kathleen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathleen
  • New Fish Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Fish Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fish Creek
  • Salt Prairie
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Prairie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Prairie
  • Sunset House
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset House came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset House

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Triangle to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,898 miles [3,054.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 108 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,182 miles [9,949 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 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,078 miles [8,172.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.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 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 Triangle 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 from Point A (ie- Triangle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Triangle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.4328, Longitude: -116.7193    
<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 Triangle, 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 Triangle 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 336.441 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.856 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.013 degrees.




 

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