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Communities Also Named East Bay ...

We found six communities that share the name East Bay.

There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named East Bay.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, .

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This East Bay is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of East Bay.
    • Manitoba
      • This East Bay lies 1,791 miles [2,882.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Michigan
      • Alger County
      • 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 Michigan community of East Bay [Alger County].
      • Grand Traverse County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of East Bay [Grand Traverse County].
    • New York
      • Wayne County
      • 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 New York community of East Bay [Wayne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Bay ...

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.

  • Beaver Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver Cove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
  • Big Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beach
  • Castle Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Bay
  • Christmas Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christmas Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas Island
  • Cross Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Point
  • Glasgow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Island View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island View came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Islandview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islandview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandview
  • Pipers Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pipers Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Cove
  • Rear Christmas Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Christmas Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Christmas Island

How Far From East Bay 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 East Bay to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from East Bay to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 42 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,932 miles [7,937.3 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 5,637 miles [9,071.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,514 miles [5,655.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- East Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9949, Longitude: -60.6380    
<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 East Bay 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 East Bay 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 296.869 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.295 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.408 degrees.




 

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