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Communities Also Named Shields ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Shields.

Within British Columbia, the name Shields is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Shields [Arapahoe County].
    • Georgia
      • Morgan County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Shields [Morgan County].
    • Illinois
      • Jefferson County
      • This Shields is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Shields.
    • Indiana
      • Jackson County
      • This Shields is located in Jackson County and lies 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Shields.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Shields [Jefferson County].
      • Lane County
      • This Shields is located in Lane County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Shields.
      • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Shields [Shawnee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • This Shields is located in Harlan County and lies 1,930 miles [3,106 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Shields.
    • Michigan
      • Saginaw County
      • This Shields is located in Saginaw County and lies 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km]<3> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Shields.
    • Montana
      • Park County
      • This Shields is located in Park County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Shields.
    • North Dakota
      • Grant County
      • This Shields is located in Grant County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<3> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Shields.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Shields [Belmont County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Shields.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Shields is located in Allegheny County and lies 1,917 miles [3,085.1 km]<3> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Shields.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Shields lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<3> to the east northeast.
    • Texas
      • Coleman County
      • This Shields is located in Coleman County and lies 1,555 miles [2,502.5 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coleman County community of Shields.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Shields is located in Accomack County and lies 2,226 miles [3,582.4 km]<3> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Shields.
      • Prince Edward County
      • This Shields is located in Prince Edward County and lies 2,113 miles [3,400.5 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward County community of Shields.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shields ...

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.

  • Birchbank
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchbank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchbank
  • Blueberry Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Brilliant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brilliant came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
  • Deer Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lower China Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower China Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower China Creek
  • New Settlement
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Settlement
  • Pass Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Raspberry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raspberry came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raspberry
  • Tunnel ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tunnel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel

How Far From Shields to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Shields once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Shields and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Shields to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,966 miles [3,164 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,589 miles [10,604 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 7,354 miles [11,835.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Shields 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.
<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 Shields, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Shields) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.3491, Longitude: -117.9348    
<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 Shields 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 337.331 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.44 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.711 degrees.




 

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