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Communities Also Named Balfour ...

We found five communities that share the name Balfour.

Within British Columbia, the name Balfour is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Park 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 Colorado community of Balfour [Park County].
    • Iowa
      • Mills County
      • This Balfour is located in Mills County and lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mills County community of Balfour.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Balfour is located in Henderson County and lies 1,989 miles [3,201 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Balfour.
    • North Dakota
      • McHenry County
      • This Balfour is located in McHenry County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Balfour.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Balfour.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Balfour ...

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.

  • Blake ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
  • Crescent Bay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Bay
  • Gray Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Creek
  • Longbeach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longbeach
    • Former names for Longbeach:
    • Hallets Landing
    • Thirteen (13) Mile
    • Longbeach has also been known as:
    • Thirteen (13) Mile
  • Pilot Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Queens Bay
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queens Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Bay
  • Sunshine Bay ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sunshine Bay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Bay
  • Willow Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Balfour to Victoria, with an average speed<6>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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 110 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,320 miles [11,780.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,406 miles [8,700.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.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 Balfour, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Balfour) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Balfour. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.6333, Longitude: -116.9667    
<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 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 Balfour 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Balfour to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.552 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.565 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.044 degrees.




 

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