Echo Bay (Northwest Territories) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Echo Bay ...

We found four communities that share the name Echo Bay.

Within Northwest Territories, the name Echo Bay is unique.

Beyond Northwest Territories, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these four communities, three are located in Canada and one is in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
  - This Echo Bay lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
- Nevada
  - Clark County
  - This Echo Bay is located in Clark County and lies 2,061 miles [3,316.9 km]<1> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Echo Bay.
- Ontario
  - This Echo Bay lies 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
- Saskatchewan
  - This Echo Bay lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.

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

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

Yellowknife, which is the Territorial Capital of Northwest Territories, lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Echo Bay to Yellowknife, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,107 miles [3,390.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,524 miles [8,890 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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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- Echo Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Echo Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 66.0833, Longitude: -118.0333
<2>	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.
<3>	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 Echo Bay to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.153 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.459 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.534 degrees.