Welcome to Ross Bay Junction ...
Although we found mention of Ross Bay Junction during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Ross Bay Junction was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Ross Bay Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ross Bay Junction, please Contact Us.
A typical abbreviation for Ross Bay Junction: Ross Bay Jct. (or less commonly used: Ross Bay Jctn.)
We believe that Ross Bay Junction would be found within the (709) area code.
Communities near Ross Bay Junction ...
We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Ross Bay Junction.
- Shabo ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shabo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shabo
- Wabush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabush
- Labrador City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Ross Bay Junction and then turned east". While Ross Bay Junction could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Ross Bay Junction as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ross Bay Junction 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. |
| <2> | 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. |