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Communities Also Named North Star ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name North Star.

Within British Columbia, the name North Star is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these fourteen communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This North Star lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the north.
    • California
      • Yuba County
      • This North Star is located in Yuba County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of North Star.
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Gunnison County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of North Star.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This North Star is located in New Castle County and lies 2,051 miles [3,300.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of North Star.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Michigan
      • Gratiot County
      • This North Star is located in Gratiot County and lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of North Star.
    • Minnesota
      • Martin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of North Star [Martin County].
      • Nicollet County
      • This North Star is located in Nicollet County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicollet County community of North Star.
    • Nebraska
      • Nance County
      • This North Star is located in Nance County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nance County community of North Star.
    • Ohio
      • Darke County
      • This North Star is located in Darke County and lies 1,637 miles [2,634.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of North Star.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of North Star [Allegheny County].
    • Texas
      • Archer County
      • Although located in Archer County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Archer County community of North Star.
    • Wisconsin
      • Crawford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of North Star [Crawford County].
      • Portage County
      • This North Star is located in Portage County and lies 1,276 miles [2,053.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of North Star.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Star ...

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.

  • Bull River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull River
  • Fisherville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fisherville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
  • Marysville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Premier Lake
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Premier Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier Lake
  • Rockyview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockyview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyview
  • Ta Ta Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ta Ta Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ta Ta Creek

How Far From North Star to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Star to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from North Star to Victoria, with an average speed<6>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 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 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 7,304 miles [11,754.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,379 miles [8,656.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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 '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- North Star) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Star. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.5500, Longitude: -115.7500    
<2>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 North Star, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 North Star 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.
<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>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.
<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 North Star 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 335.562 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.422 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.262 degrees.




 

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