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Communities Also Named North Bay ...

We found six communities that share the name North Bay.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named North Bay.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, .

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison County
      • 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 Mississippi community of North Bay [Harrison County].
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This North Bay is located in Oneida County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of North Bay.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This North Bay lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • Wisconsin
      • Door County
      • This North Bay is located in Door County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Door County community of North Bay.
      • Racine County
      • This North Bay is located in Racine County and lies 476 miles [766 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of North Bay.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North 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.

  • Birch Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Haven came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Haven
  • Ferris
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferris came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
  • Fricker
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fricker came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricker
  • Graniteville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graniteville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
  • Marshall Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Park
  • Sage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sage came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
  • Sunset Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
  • Trout Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Mills

How Far From North Bay to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as North Bay to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 190 miles [305.8 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from North Bay to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,297 miles [6,915.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

The official website for North Bay: www.city.north-bay.on.ca/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 North 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3082, Longitude: -79.4605    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 North Bay to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.783 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.614 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.796 degrees.









 

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