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Communities Also Named Ship Cove ...

We found seven communities that share the name Ship Cove.

There are seven communities within Newfoundland and Labrador that are also named Ship Cove.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador.

  • Communities Located In Newfoundland and Labrador ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Ship Cove #1
      • This Ship Cove lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • The profile page for Ship Cove #2
      • This Ship Cove lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the east southeast.
      • The profile page for Ship Cove #3
      • This Ship Cove lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east.
      • The profile page for Ship Cove #4
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Ship Cove.
      • The profile page for Ship Cove #5
      • This Ship Cove lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the west northwest.
      • The profile page for Ship Cove #6
      • This Ship Cove lies 258 miles [415.2 km] to the north.
      • The profile page for Ship Cove #7
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Ship Cove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ship Cove ...

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.

  • Camp Boggy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Boggy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Boggy
  • Goblin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goblin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblin
  • Hardy's Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy's Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy's Cove
  • Milltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Olive Cove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Cove
  • Patricks Harbour
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patricks Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Harbour
  • Raymond Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond Point
  • Raymonds Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymonds Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Island
  • Round Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Cove

How Far From Ship Cove to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Ship Cove to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Ship Cove once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ship Cove and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Ship Cove 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 55 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 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 5,381 miles [8,659.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,256 miles [5,240 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ship Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ship Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8667, Longitude: -55.8500    
<2>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 Ship Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Ship Cove 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.
<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 Ship Cove 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 293.254 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.686 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 289.433 degrees.




 

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