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Curious and Interesting Names Near Digby Island ...

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.

  • Hunts Inlet
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Refuge Bay
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sockeye
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockeye

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Digby Island and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Digby Island to Victoria, with an average speed<2>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 29 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 20 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,443 miles [3,931.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 km] and it lies to the north (N).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,434 miles [8,745.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Digby Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Digby Island to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Digby Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.2833, Longitude: -130.3833    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 347.793 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 350.618 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 332.709 degrees.