Summary for West Passage

Although we found mention of West Passage during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..

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Typical Abbreviation: W. Passage

Time Zone: West Passage lies in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).

Telephone Area Codes: 902 & 782<2>

Elevation: Near sea level<3>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<4>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for West Passage:

Lat: 43.516700° (or 43°31'0" N)

Lon: -65.600000° (or -65°35'59" W)

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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 West Passage and then turned east". While West Passage could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added West Passage 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 West Passage 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. Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Nova Scotia community named West Passage.
<2>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 902 code has been Overlayed with the 782 area code. New phone numbers in the West Passage area will be assigned with one of these codes: 902 or 782. As a result, placing a call in the West Passage area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Passage - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of West Passage, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.