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Communities Also Named Big Bay ...
We found six communities that share the name Big Bay.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Big Bay.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, three are located in Canada and three are in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ontario ...
- Unknown
- The profile page for Big Bay #1
- 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 Ontario community of Big Bay.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Big Bay lies 2,061 miles [3,316.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.
- Illinois
- Massac County
- This Big Bay is located in Massac County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Massac County community of Big Bay.
- Michigan
- Marquette County
- This Big Bay is located in Marquette County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Big Bay.
- New York
- Oswego County
- This Big Bay is located in Oswego County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<2> to the east southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Big Bay.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Big Bay.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Bay ...
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.
- Cape Croker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clay Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Copperkettle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperkettle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperkettle
- Garryowen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garryowen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garryowen
- Halfway Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope Bay <4>
- Hopeness
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopeness came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeness
- Lake Charles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Charles came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles
- Purple Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purple Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Valley
- Shallow Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Big 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 Big Bay to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Big Bay and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 259 miles [416.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Big Bay to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Big Bay. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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 Big Bay 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> | 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- Big Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Big Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7915, Longitude: -80.9482 |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Big Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Big Bay 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 309.907 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.636 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.208 degrees. |
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