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Communities Also Named Little Harbour ...

We found seven communities that share the name Little Harbour.

There are five communities within Newfoundland and Labrador that are also named Little Harbour.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Newfoundland and Labrador ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Little Harbour #1
      • This Little Harbour lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • The profile page for Little Harbour #2
      • This Little Harbour lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the northwest.
      • The profile page for Little Harbour #3
      • This Little Harbour lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the north northwest.
      • The profile page for Little Harbour #4
      • This Little Harbour lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the north northwest.
      • The profile page for Little Harbour #5
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Little Harbour.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Little Harbour lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the west.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little 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.

  • Chance Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chance Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance Cove
  • Fair Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Haven came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
  • Harbour Buffett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbour Buffett came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Buffett
  • Haystack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haystack came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haystack
  • Jiggin Cove ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jiggin Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggin Cove
  • Kingwell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingwell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwell
  • Lead Mines
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lead Mines came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mines
  • Peaches Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peaches Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaches Cove

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Little Harbour to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,598 miles [7,399.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,302 miles [8,532.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,179 miles [5,116.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Harbour) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Harbour. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6500, Longitude: -53.9667    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Little 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>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.
<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 Little Harbour 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 292.15 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.426 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 288.623 degrees.




 

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