We found five communities that are also named Westbourne.
Within Manitoba, the name Westbourne is unique.
Beyond Manitoba, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
This Westbourne is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Westbourne.
Tennessee
Campbell County
This Westbourne is located in Campbell County and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Westbourne.
Texas
Harris County
This Westbourne is located in Harris County and lies 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Westbourne.
Virginia
Henrico 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 Virginia community of Westbourne [Henrico County].
Petersburg City
This Westbourne is located in Petersburg City and lies 1,374 miles [2,211.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Westbourne.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westbourne ...
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.
Beaver ‑ Historic (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Westbourne to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westbourne and extending to:
Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Westbourne to Winnipeg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westbourne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Westbourne 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.
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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 Westbourne to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westbourne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.1333, Longitude: -98.5667
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.138 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.184 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.338 degrees.