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Communities Also Named Rupert ...

We found ten communities that share the name Rupert.

Within British Columbia, the name Rupert is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these ten communities, one is located in Canada and the other nine communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Van Buren County
      • This Rupert is located in Van Buren County and lies 2,475 miles [3,983.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Rupert.
    • California
      • Yuba County
      • 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 California community of Rupert [Yuba County].
    • Georgia
      • Taylor County
      • This Rupert is located in Taylor County and lies 2,931 miles [4,717 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Rupert.
    • Idaho
      • Minidoka County
      • This Rupert is located in Minidoka County and lies 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Minidoka County community of Rupert.
    • Minnesota
      • Big Stone County
      • 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 Minnesota community of Rupert [Big Stone County].
    • Ohio
      • Madison County
      • This Rupert is located in Madison County and lies 2,556 miles [4,113.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Rupert.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Columbia County
      • This Rupert is located in Columbia County and lies 2,739 miles [4,408 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Rupert.
    • Quebec
      • This Rupert lies 2,522 miles [4,058.8 km]<1> to the east.
    • Vermont
      • Bennington County
      • This Rupert is located in Bennington County and lies 2,737 miles [4,404.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Rupert.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Rupert is located in Greenbrier County and lies 2,750 miles [4,425.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Rupert.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rupert ...

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.

  • Discovery ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Discovery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
  • Engineer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engineer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engineer
  • Pike
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
  • Surprise
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surprise came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
  • Teepee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teepee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teepee

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Rupert to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,545 miles [4,095.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 100 days and walking would take 145 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,167 miles [8,315.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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- Rupert) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rupert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 59.6000, Longitude: -134.1833    
<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 Rupert 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>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.
<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>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.
<6>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 Rupert to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 351.015 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 354.358 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 334.908 degrees.




 

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