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Communities Also Named Indian Harbour ...

We found five communities that share the name Indian Harbour.

There are four communities within Newfoundland and Labrador that are also named Indian Harbour.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, there is another community also named Indian Harbour in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Newfoundland and Labrador ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Indian Harbour #1
      • This Indian Harbour lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • The profile page for Indian Harbour #2
      • This Indian Harbour lies 453 miles [729 km] to the north northwest.
      • The profile page for Indian Harbour #3
      • This Indian Harbour lies 498 miles [801.5 km] to the north northwest.
      • The profile page for Indian Harbour #4
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Indian Harbour.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Indian Harbour lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Harbour ...

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.

  • Bests Harbour
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bests Harbour. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bests Harbour
  • Harbour Buffett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbour Buffett came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Buffett
  • Harbour Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbour Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Island
  • Jiggin Cove ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jiggin Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggin Cove
  • Kingwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingwell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwell
  • Red Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Island
  • Rose au Rue
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose au Rue came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose au Rue
  • Tacks Beach ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tacks Beach. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacks Beach
  • Virgin Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virgin Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgin Cove

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Indian Harbour to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 59 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,613 miles [7,423.9 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 5,316 miles [8,555.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,193 miles [5,138.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/

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 from Point A (ie- Indian Harbour) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Indian Harbour. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4833, Longitude: -54.2000    
<2>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 Indian Harbour 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<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 Indian Harbour 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 292.363 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.624 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 288.898 degrees.




 

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