Fork Lake (Northwest Territories) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Fork Lake ...

We found one communities that share the name Fork Lake.

Within Northwest Territories, the name Fork Lake is unique.

Beyond Northwest Territories, there is another community also named Fork Lake in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - This Fork Lake lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the south.

How Far From Fork Lake 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 Fork Lake to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

Yellowknife, which is the Territorial Capital of Northwest Territories, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Fork Lake to Yellowknife, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,777 miles [2,859.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 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 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>

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Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fork Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fork Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 60.8833, Longitude: -111.0833
<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 Fork Lake 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 331.664 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.003 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.801 degrees.