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Communities Also Named Bear River ...

We found six communities that share the name Bear River.

There is one other community in Prince Edward Island which is also named Bear River.

Beyond Prince Edward Island, 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 four are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Prince Edward Island ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Nevada 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 California community of Bear River [Nevada County].
    • Colorado
      • Routt 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 Colorado community of Bear River [Routt County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Bear River is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,438 miles [2,314.2 km]<3> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Bear River.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Bear River lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<3> to the southwest.
    • Wyoming
      • Uinta County
      • This Bear River is located in Uinta County and lies 2,407 miles [3,873.7 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uinta County community of Bear River.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bear 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.

  • Big Pond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Pond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
  • Clearspring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearspring came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearspring
  • Fortune
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
  • Fortune Bridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Fortune Harbour
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Harmony Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Junction
  • Hermanville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermanville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermanville <5>
  • New Harmony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Harmony came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • New Zealand
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Zealand came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zealand
  • Red House
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red House came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bear River to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 37 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,992 miles [8,033.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,702 miles [9,176.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,578 miles [5,758.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bear River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Prince Edward Island: https://www.princeedwardisland.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 Bear 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.
<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 Bear River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bear River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bear River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4039, Longitude: -62.3584    
<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 Bear 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 297.812 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.421 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.968 degrees.




 

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