Bear Lake (British Columbia) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Bear Lake ...

We found seven communities that share the name Bear Lake.

Within British Columbia, the name Bear Lake is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Seminole 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 Bear Lake [Seminole County].
- Indiana
  - Noble 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 Indiana community of Bear Lake [Noble County].
- Michigan
  - Manistee County
  - This Bear Lake is located in Manistee County and lies 1,934 miles [3,112.5 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Bear Lake.
  - Otsego 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 Michigan community of Bear Lake [Otsego County].
- Ontario
  - This Bear Lake lies 2,141 miles [3,445.6 km]<2> to the east.
- Pennsylvania
  - Warren County
  - This Bear Lake is located in Warren County and lies 2,297 miles [3,696.7 km]<2> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Bear Lake.
- Wisconsin
  - Outagamie County
  - Although located in Outagamie County, we don't know the location within the .
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Bear Lake.

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

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

Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Bear Lake to Victoria, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,291 miles [3,687 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,251 miles [8,450.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.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 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 Bear 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Bear Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bear Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 56.2000, Longitude: -126.8500
<3>	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.
<4>	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 Bear Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 344.84 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 347.351 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.996 degrees.