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Communities Also Named Kelly Lake ...

We found three communities that share the name Kelly Lake.

There are two communities within British Columbia that are also named Kelly Lake.

Beyond British Columbia, there is another community also named Kelly Lake in Canada and the United States.

  • Communities Located In British Columbia ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Kelly Lake #1
      • This Kelly Lake lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the north northeast.
      • The profile page for Kelly Lake #2
      • 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 British Columbia community of Kelly Lake.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Kelly Lake is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,312 miles [2,111.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Kelly Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kelly Lake ...

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.

  • Big Bar Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Bar Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar Creek
  • Chasm
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chasm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chasm
  • Fill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fill
  • Fountain
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
  • Fountain Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Valley
  • Lime
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
  • Loon Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loon Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
  • Pavilion
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion

How Far From Kelly Lake 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 Kelly Lake to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Kelly Lake to Victoria, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,119 miles [3,410.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 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 7,303 miles [11,753 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kelly Lake. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kelly Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kelly Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.0167, Longitude: -121.7833    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kelly Lake 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>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 Kelly Lake 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 340.546 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.231 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.084 degrees.









 

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