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Communities Also Named Duck River ...

We found one communities that share the name Duck River.

Within Manitoba, the name Duck River is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, there is another community also named Duck River in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Hickman 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 Tennessee community of Duck River [Hickman County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Duck River ...

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.

  • Camperville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camperville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camperville
  • Duck Bay
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duck Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Bay
  • Fork River
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork River
  • Mallard
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
  • Pine Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • Pine River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
  • Pulp River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pulp River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulp River
  • Rock Ridge
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
  • Salt Point
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Point

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Duck River and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Duck River to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,198 miles [1,928 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Duck River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.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 Duck River 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>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.
<3>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- Duck River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Duck River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.9042, Longitude: -100.2428    
<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 Duck River 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 323.376 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.797 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.899 degrees.




 

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