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Curious and Interesting Names Near Barge Bay ...
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.
- Big Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cape Onion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks Harbour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eddies Cove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddies Cove
- Eddies Cove has also been known as:
- Eddies Cove East
- Frys Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schooner Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schooner Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooner Island
- Ship Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wild Bight
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wild Bight came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Bight
How Far From Barge Bay 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 Barge Bay to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Barge Bay once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Barge Bay and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 988 miles [1,590 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Barge Bay to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,583 miles [7,375.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,310 miles [8,545.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,189 miles [5,132.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 Barge Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Barge Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barge Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.8083, Longitude: -56.2156 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Barge Bay to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 291.952 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.114 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 286.103 degrees. |
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