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Communities Also Named Salmon River Road ...

We found one communities that share the name Salmon River Road.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Salmon River Road is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, there is another community also named Salmon River Road in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Brunswick
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Salmon River Road.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Salmon River Road ...

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.

  • Big Pond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Pond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Pond <3>
  • Canoe Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canoe Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Lake
  • French Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Road
  • Juniper Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Mountain
  • Marion Bridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Bridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Bridge
  • Marion Bridge Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Bridge Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Bridge Road
  • Meadows Road
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Road
  • Oceanview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oceanview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanview
  • Portage
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Portage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
  • Rear Big Pond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Big Pond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Big Pond
  • Rock Elm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elm
  • Silver Mine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Mine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Mine
  • Trout Brook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Brook

How Far From Salmon River Road 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 Salmon River Road to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Salmon River Road and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<5> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Salmon River Road to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 43 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,626 miles [9,054.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,503 miles [5,637.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Salmon River Road 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Salmon River Road) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Salmon River Road. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9017, Longitude: -60.3297    
<6>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.
<7>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 Salmon River Road to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 296.708 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.098 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.325 degrees.




 

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