Old Fort (British Columbia) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Old Fort ...

We found six communities that share the name Old Fort.

Within British Columbia, the name Old Fort is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
  - Valley County
  - This Old Fort is located in Valley County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Old Fort.
- North Carolina
  - McDowell County
  - This Old Fort is located in McDowell County and lies 2,468 miles [3,971.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Old Fort.
- Ohio
  - Seneca County
  - This Old Fort is located in Seneca County and lies 2,160 miles [3,476.2 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Old Fort.
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Old Fort.
- Pennsylvania
  - Centre County
  - This Old Fort is located in Centre County and lies 2,394 miles [3,852.8 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Old Fort.
- Wisconsin
  - Ashland County
  - This Old Fort is located in Ashland County and lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Old Fort.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Fort ...

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.

In the vicinity of Old Fort, Leo Creek is located 29 miles [46.7 km] to the East

How Far From Old Fort 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 Old Fort to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Old Fort to Victoria, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 27 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,276 miles [3,662.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,334 miles [10,193.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,309 miles [8,544 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Fort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Fort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.0500, Longitude: -126.3167
<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 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 Old Fort 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>	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.
<4>	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 Old Fort to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 344.388 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 346.793 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.757 degrees.