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Curious and Interesting Names Near Queens Bay ...
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.
- Blake ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Crescent Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gray Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Longbeach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longbeach
- Former names for Longbeach:
- Hallets Landing
- Thirteen (13) Mile
- Longbeach has also been known as:
- Thirteen (13) Mile
- Mirror Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pilot Bay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunshine Bay ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Queens Bay 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 Queens Bay to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Queens Bay and extending to:
- Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Queens Bay to Victoria, with an average speed<2>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 1,919 miles [3,088.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,318 miles [11,777.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,404 miles [8,696.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Queens Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Queens Bay to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Queens Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.6500, Longitude: -116.9333 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.526 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.535 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.02 degrees. |
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