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Communities Also Named Agate ...

We found ten communities that share the name Agate.

Within British Columbia, the name Agate is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these ten communities, one is located in Canada and the other nine communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Elbert County
      • This Agate is located in Elbert County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elbert County community of Agate.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd 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 Georgia community of Agate [Floyd County].
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon County
      • This Agate is located in Ontonagon County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of Agate.
    • Minnesota
      • Nobles 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 Minnesota community of Agate [Nobles County].
    • Nebraska
      • Sioux County
      • This Agate is located in Sioux County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sioux County community of Agate.
    • North Dakota
      • Rolette County
      • This Agate is located in Rolette County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rolette County community of Agate.
    • Ontario
      • This Agate lies 1,700 miles [2,735.9 km]<1> to the east.
    • Utah
      • Grand 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 Utah community of Agate [Grand County].
    • Washington
      • Lewis 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 Washington community of Agate [Lewis County].
      • Mason County
      • This Agate is located in Mason County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Agate.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Agate ...

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.

  • Clapperton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clapperton came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clapperton
  • Dot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dot came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dot
  • Drynoch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drynoch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drynoch
  • Falls Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
  • Kingsvale
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsvale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsvale

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Agate to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than 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 2,097 miles [3,374.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 120 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 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 7,343 miles [11,817.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.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 from Point A (ie- Agate) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Agate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.2667, Longitude: -121.1167    
<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 Agate 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>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 Agate, 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 Agate 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 339.973 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.532 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.715 degrees.




 

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