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Communities Also Named South Shore ...

We found eight communities that share the name South Shore.

Within Nova Scotia, the name South Shore is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • This South Shore is located in Alameda County and lies 3,015 miles [4,852.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of South Shore.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This South Shore is located in Cook County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of South Shore.
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • This South Shore is located in Greenup County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of South Shore.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Charles County
      • This South Shore is located in Saint Charles County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Charles County community of South Shore.
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas 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 Nebraska community of South Shore [Douglas County].
    • South Dakota
      • Codington County
      • This South Shore is located in Codington County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Codington County community of South Shore.
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • Although located in Bell County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of South Shore.
      • Harrison County
      • This South Shore is located in Harrison County and lies 1,861 miles [2,995 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of South Shore.

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Shore ...

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.

  • Clydesdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clydesdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clydesdale
  • Denmark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denmark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Fountain Road
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Road
  • Fox Harbour
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Louisville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
  • Marshville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshville <5>
  • Mountain Road
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Road
  • Oliver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oliver came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • River John
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Six Mile Road
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Mile Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Road

How Far From South Shore 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 community such as South Shore to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from South Shore to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 34 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 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 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,638 miles [5,854.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Shore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Shore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7678, Longitude: -63.3250    
<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 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 South Shore 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 South Shore 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 298.584 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.155 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.898 degrees.




 

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