Carp (British Columbia) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Carp ...

We found eight communities that share the name Carp.

Within British Columbia, the name Carp is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eight communities, three are located in Canada and seven are in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
  - Owen County
  - This Carp is located in Owen County and lies 1,994 miles [3,209 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Carp.
- 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 Carp [Marquette County].
- Minnesota
  - Lake of the Woods County
  - This Carp is located in Lake of the Woods County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake of the Woods County community of Carp.
- Nevada
  - Eureka County
  - This community is historic<3> and although located in Eureka County, we don't know where within the .
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eureka County community of Carp.
  - Lincoln County
  - This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Carp [Lincoln County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Carp.
- South Carolina
  - York 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 Carp [York County].
- Tennessee
  - Rhea 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 Tennessee community of Carp [Rhea County].

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

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

Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Carp to Victoria, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,173 miles [3,497.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,289 miles [8,511.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.4667, Longitude: -123.6500
<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 Carp 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 Carp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>	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.
<5>	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 Carp to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.158 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 344.246 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.961 degrees.