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Curious and Interesting Names Near Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East ...

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.

  • Boat Harbour
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fox Harbour ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand John
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoop Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jim Myles Garden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • New Harbour
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pays Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Stones Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Tickle Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

How Far From Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East 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 Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,639 miles [7,465.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,220 miles [5,182.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East 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 Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5858, Longitude: -54.8706    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 292.744 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.065 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 289.16 degrees.