Welcome to Elk Bay ...
Although we found mention of Elk Bay during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Elk Bay 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 Elk Bay to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elk Bay, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Elk Bay 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).
Area Codes for Elk Bay: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<2>
Communities near Elk Bay ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elk Bay.
- Campbell River 11
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bay
- Granite Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blind Channel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bloedel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloedel
- Thurlow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurlow
- Bold Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Church House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stuart Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk Bay ...
Looking for more information about Elk Bay? 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 Elk Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elk Bay.
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 Elk Bay and then turned east". While Elk Bay could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Elk Bay 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 Elk Bay 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> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Elk Bay area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Elk Bay area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |