Caribou (Manitoba) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Caribou ...

We found six communities that share the name Caribou.

Within Manitoba, the name Caribou is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Plumas County
  - This Caribou is located in Plumas County and lies 1,676 miles [2,697.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Caribou.
- Colorado
  - Boulder 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 Colorado community of Caribou [Boulder County].
- Maine
  - Aroostook County
  - This Caribou is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,486 miles [2,391.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Caribou.
- Minnesota
  - Kittson County
  - This Caribou is located in Kittson County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittson County community of Caribou.
- Nova Scotia
  - This Caribou lies 1,718 miles [2,764.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
- Quebec
  - This Caribou lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.

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

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

Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Caribou to Winnipeg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 38 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 26 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,327 miles [2,135.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,584 miles [8,986.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,393 miles [7,069.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Caribou) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Caribou. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 59.4167, Longitude: -97.7500
<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 Caribou, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Caribou 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 320.963 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.068 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.774 degrees.