Whitewater (British Columbia) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Whitewater ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Whitewater.

Within British Columbia, the name Whitewater is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Mesa County
  - This Whitewater is located in Mesa County and lies 1,488 miles [2,394.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Whitewater.
- Georgia
  - Crawford 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 Georgia community of Whitewater [Crawford County].
  - Fayette County
  - This Whitewater is located in Fayette County and lies 2,531 miles [4,073.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Whitewater.
- Indiana
  - Wayne County
  - This Whitewater is located in Wayne County and lies 2,167 miles [3,487.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Whitewater.
- Kansas
  - Butler County
  - This Whitewater is located in Butler County and lies 1,859 miles [2,991.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Whitewater.
- Manitoba
  - This Whitewater lies 1,179 miles [1,897.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
- Missouri
  - Cape Girardeau County
  - This Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 2,137 miles [3,439.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Whitewater.
- Montana
  - Phillips County
  - This Whitewater is located in Phillips County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Whitewater.
- New Mexico
  - Grant County
  - This Whitewater is located in Grant County and lies 1,902 miles [3,061 km]<1> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Whitewater.
  - McKinley 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 New Mexico community of Whitewater [McKinley County].
- North Carolina
  - Transylvania 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 North Carolina community of Whitewater [Transylvania County].
- Ohio
  - Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Whitewater [Hamilton County].
- Oregon
  - Clackamas County
  - This Whitewater is located in Clackamas County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Whitewater.
- Wisconsin
  - Walworth County
  - This Whitewater is located in Walworth County and lies 1,883 miles [3,030.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Whitewater.

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

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

Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Whitewater to Victoria, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 36 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 25 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,242 miles [3,608.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 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 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitewater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitewater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 57.4167, Longitude: -125.6167
<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 Whitewater 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 Whitewater 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 343.808 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 346.246 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.954 degrees.