Welcome to Elephant Crossing ...
Although we found mention of Elephant Crossing during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Elephant Crossing was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Elephant Crossing to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elephant Crossing, please Contact Us.
A typical abbreviation for Elephant Crossing: Elephant Xing.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Elephant Crossing might be (or was) located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).
We believe that Elephant Crossing would be found within the (250) & (778)<2> area codes.
Communities near Elephant Crossing ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elephant Crossing.
- Winter Harbour
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shushartie ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shushartie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shushartie
- Bull Harbour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coal Harbour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Harbour
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coal Harbour <5>
- Quatsino
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quatsino came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quatsino
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quatsino <5>
- Port Hardy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Hardy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hardy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Hardy <5>
- Fort Rupert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Rupert 1
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Rupert 1 came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rupert 1
- Jeune Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeune Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeune Landing
- Mahatta River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahatta River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahatta River
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elephant Crossing ...
Looking for more information about Elephant Crossing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Elephant Crossing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elephant Crossing.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Elephant Crossing and then turned east". While Elephant Crossing could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Elephant Crossing as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
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 Elephant Crossing 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> | Area code (778) is an overlay for area code (250). |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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. |