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Communities Also Named West River ...

We found six communities that share the name West River.

Within Ontario, the name West River is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This West River is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of West River.
    • New Brunswick
      • This West River lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the east.
    • New York
      • Yates County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of West River [Yates County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This West River lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the east.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This West River lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the east.
    • Wyoming
      • Washakie County
      • 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 Wyoming community of West River [Washakie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near West River ...

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.

  • Beaver Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
  • Birch Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Island
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birch Island <5>
  • Carson
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carson came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Fox Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
  • High Falls ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Valley
  • Little Current
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Current came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Current
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Current <5>
  • Turbine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turbine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turbine
  • Whitefish Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)

How Far From West River 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 West River to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from West River 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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,395 miles [7,073.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- West River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1453, Longitude: -81.7539    
<2>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 West River 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.
<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 West River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 West River 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 310.328 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.321 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.075 degrees.




 

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