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Communities Also Named Selkirk ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Selkirk.

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

Beyond Prince Edward Island, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eleven communities, three are located in Canada and nine are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Prince Edward Island ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Wichita County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Selkirk [Wichita County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Selkirk lies 1,589 miles [2,557.2 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • Michigan
      • Ogemaw County
      • This Selkirk is located in Ogemaw County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogemaw County community of Selkirk.
    • Missouri
      • Laclede 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 Missouri community of Selkirk [Laclede County].
      • New Madrid County
      • This Selkirk is located in New Madrid County and lies 1,537 miles [2,473.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Selkirk.
    • New York
      • Albany County
      • This Selkirk is located in Albany County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Selkirk.
      • Oswego County
      • This Selkirk is located in Oswego County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Selkirk.
    • Ontario
      • This Selkirk lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<2> to the west.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Warren County
      • This Selkirk is located in Warren County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Selkirk.
    • South Carolina
      • Marion 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 Carolina community of Selkirk [Marion County].
    • Tennessee
      • Roane County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Selkirk [Roane County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Selkirk ...

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.

  • Bear River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
  • Clearspring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearspring came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearspring
  • Five Houses
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Houses came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Houses
  • Fortune
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
  • Fortune Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Goose River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goose River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose River
  • Mount Hope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • New Zealand
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Zealand came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • 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:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House

How Far From Selkirk to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 640 miles [1,030 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Selkirk 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 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,995 miles [8,038.7 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 5,705 miles [9,181.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,581 miles [5,763.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Selkirk. 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>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 Selkirk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Selkirk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Selkirk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4167, Longitude: -62.4333    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Selkirk 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>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.
<5>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.
<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 Selkirk 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 297.855 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.471 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.996 degrees.




 

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