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Communities Also Named Eagle Creek ...

We found ten communities that share the name Eagle Creek.

Within British Columbia, the name Eagle Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tallapoosa County
      • This Eagle Creek is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 2,182 miles [3,511.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Eagle Creek.
    • Arizona
      • Greenlee 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 Arizona community of Eagle Creek [Greenlee County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Eagle Creek is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,564 miles [4,126.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Eagle Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Coffey 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 Eagle Creek [Coffey County].
      • Lyon 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 Eagle Creek [Lyon County].
    • Montana
      • Daniels County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Daniels County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daniels County community of Eagle Creek.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Eagle Creek is located in Clackamas County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Eagle Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Benton County
      • This Eagle Creek is located in Benton County and lies 1,946 miles [3,131.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Eagle Creek.
      • Overton 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 Eagle Creek [Overton County].
    • Texas
      • Wilson County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Wilson County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Eagle Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle 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.

  • Buffalo Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Grove <5>
  • Lone Butte
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Butte came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Butte
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Butte <5>
  • Potter
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potter came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
  • Roe Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roe Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Lake

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Eagle Creek to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,072 miles [3,334.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 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 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,377 miles [8,653.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eagle 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 '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- Eagle Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eagle Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.8667, Longitude: -120.8667    
<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 Eagle 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 Eagle 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 Eagle 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 339.811 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.438 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.369 degrees.




 

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