Welcome to Browning Island ...
Although we found mention of Browning Island during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Browning Island was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Browning Island to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Browning Island, please Contact Us.
A typical abbreviation for Browning Island: Browning Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Browning Island might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
We believe that Browning Island would be found within the (705) and (249)<2> area codes.
Communities Also Named Browning Island ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Browning Island - it's located in Ontario.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Browning Island.
Communities near Browning Island ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Browning Island.
- Bracebridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravenhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Barlochan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barlochan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlochan
- West Gravenhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Gravenhurst came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gravenhurst
- Ziska
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ziska. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziska
- Muskoka Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Milford Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Falkenburg Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falkenburg Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkenburg Station
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Browning Island ...
Looking for more information about Browning Island? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Browning Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Browning Island.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Browning Island and then turned east". While Browning Island could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Browning Island 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 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 Browning Island 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> | Area code (249) is an overlay for area code (705). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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. |