Red Lake (Ontario) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Red Lake ...

We found five communities that share the name Red Lake.

Within Ontario, the name Red Lake is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Coconino County
  - This Red Lake is located in Coconino County and lies 1,320 miles [2,124.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Red Lake.
- Minnesota
  - Beltrami County
  - This Red Lake is located in Beltrami County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beltrami County community of Red Lake.
- New Mexico
  - Roosevelt County
  - This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Red Lake [Roosevelt County].
- South Dakota
  - Brule County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Red Lake [Brule County].
- Texas
  - Freestone County
  - This Red Lake is located in Freestone County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km]<1> to the south.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freestone County community of Red Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Lake ...

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.

Bruce Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Lake
Snake Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snake Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Falls

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

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

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Red Lake to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 52 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,638 miles [7,464.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Red Lake: www.red-lake.com/

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	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 drawn from Point A (ie- Red Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.0199, Longitude: -93.8251
<2>	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 Red Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>	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 Red Lake 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.
<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>	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.
<6>	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 Red Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.561 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.274 degrees.
<9>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.181 degrees.