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Communities Also Named Tibbets ...

We found two communities that share the name Tibbets.

Within British Columbia, the name Tibbets is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Baraga 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 Michigan community of Tibbets [Baraga County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Walworth County
      • This Tibbets is located in Walworth County and lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Tibbets.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tibbets ...

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.

  • Decker Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Decker Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker Lake
  • Francois Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Francois Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francois Lake
  • Grassy Plains
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassy Plains came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Plains
  • Rose Lake
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
  • Savory
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savory came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savory

How Far From Tibbets to ...

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Tibbets to Victoria, with an average speed<4>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 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,247 miles [3,616.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Tibbets 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>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- Tibbets) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tibbets. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.1667, Longitude: -125.4667    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Tibbets to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 343.668 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 345.942 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.263 degrees.




 

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