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Communities Also Named Five Mile ...

We found three communities that share the name Five Mile.

Within British Columbia, the name Five Mile is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Hale County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Five Mile [Hale County].
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Five Mile [Marion County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Ottawa County
      • This Five Mile is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,465 miles [2,357.7 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Five Mile.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Five Mile ...

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.

  • Arrowhead ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Galena Bay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Bay
  • Halcyon Hot Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halcyon Hot Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon Hot Springs
  • Poplar Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
  • Shelter Bay
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelter Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Bay
  • Trout Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Lake

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Five Mile to Victoria, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,934 miles [3,112.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 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 7,262 miles [11,687.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,361 miles [8,627.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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 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 Five Mile 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>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- Five Mile) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Five Mile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.6667, Longitude: -117.4500    
<3>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.
<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 Five Mile 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 336.978 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.125 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.233 degrees.




 

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