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Communities Also Named Big Creek ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Big Creek.

Within British Columbia, the name Big Creek is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Houston County
      • This Big Creek is located in Houston County and lies 2,371 miles [3,815.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Big Creek.
    • Arkansas
      • Cleveland 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 Arkansas community of Big Creek [Cleveland County].
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • This Big Creek is located in Fresno County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Big Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Forsyth County
      • This Big Creek is located in Forsyth County and lies 2,270 miles [3,653.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Big Creek.
      • Fulton County
      • This Big Creek is located in Fulton County and lies 2,275 miles [3,661.3 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Big Creek.
      • Gilmer County
      • This Big Creek is located in Gilmer County and lies 2,236 miles [3,598.5 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Big Creek.
    • Idaho
      • Valley County
      • This Big Creek is located in Valley County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Big Creek.
    • Indiana
      • Jefferson 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 Indiana community of Big Creek [Jefferson County].
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon 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 Kansas community of Big Creek [Bourbon County].
      • Ellis 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 Big Creek [Ellis County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clay County
      • This Big Creek is located in Clay County and lies 2,153 miles [3,464.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Big Creek.
    • Louisiana
      • Franklin Parish
      • This Big Creek is located in Franklin Parish and lies 2,063 miles [3,320.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin Parish community of Big Creek.
      • Richland Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Big Creek [Richland Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette 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 Michigan community of Big Creek [Marquette County].
      • Oscoda 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 Michigan community of Big Creek [Oscoda County].
    • Mississippi
      • Calhoun County
      • This Big Creek is located in Calhoun County and lies 2,073 miles [3,336.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Big Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Big Creek is located in Texas County and lies 1,811 miles [2,914.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Big Creek.
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lander County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lander County community of Big Creek.
    • New York
      • Steuben County
      • This Big Creek is located in Steuben County and lies 2,193 miles [3,529.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Big Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Stokes 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 North Carolina community of Big Creek [Stokes County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Carbon County
      • This Big Creek is located in Carbon County and lies 2,335 miles [3,757.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Big Creek.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Big Creek [Edgefield County].
      • Saluda County
      • This Big Creek is located in Saluda County and lies 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saluda County community of Big Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Giles County
      • This Big Creek is located in Giles County and lies 2,089 miles [3,361.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Big Creek.
      • Hancock County
      • This Big Creek is located in Hancock County and lies 2,193 miles [3,529.3 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Big Creek.
      • Hawkins County
      • This Big Creek is located in Hawkins County and lies 2,211 miles [3,558.3 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Big Creek.
      • Monroe County
      • This Big Creek is located in Monroe County and lies 2,201 miles [3,542.2 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Big Creek.
      • Sullivan 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 Tennessee community of Big Creek [Sullivan County].
    • Texas
      • Burleson County
      • This Big Creek is located in Burleson County and lies 1,996 miles [3,212.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleson County community of Big Creek.
      • Liberty County
      • This Big Creek is located in Liberty County and lies 2,050 miles [3,299.2 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Big Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Big Creek is located in Logan County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Big Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Creek ...

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.

  • Lees Corner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
  • Riske Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riske Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riske Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riske Creek <5>

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Big Creek to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,165 miles [3,484.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,514 miles [10,483.3 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 7,273 miles [11,704.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,435 miles [8,746.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Big Creek. 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>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 from Point A (ie- Big Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.7167, Longitude: -123.0167    
<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 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 Big Creek 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 Big Creek, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Big Creek 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 341.585 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.456 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.844 degrees.




 

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