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Communities Also Named Fish Creek ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Fish Creek.

Within Saskatchewan, the name Fish Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Fish Creek lies 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa 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 Arizona community of Fish Creek [Maricopa County].
    • Florida
      • Taylor County
      • This Fish Creek is located in Taylor County and lies 1,946 miles [3,131.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Fish Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Polk County
      • This Fish Creek is located in Polk County and lies 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Fish Creek.
    • Louisiana
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Fish Creek is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Fish Creek.
    • Montana
      • Madison 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 Montana community of Fish Creek [Madison County].
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Lander County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lander County community of Fish Creek.
    • New York
      • Lewis County
      • This Fish Creek is located in Lewis County and lies 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Fish Creek.
      • Oneida 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 New York community of Fish Creek [Oneida County].
      • Ulster County
      • This Fish Creek is located in Ulster County and lies 1,652 miles [2,658.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Fish Creek.
    • Ohio
      • Summit County
      • This Fish Creek is located in Summit County and lies 1,399 miles [2,251.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Fish Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Door County
      • This Fish Creek is located in Door County and lies 997 miles [1,604.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Door County community of Fish Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fish Creek ...

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.

  • Carpenter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dana
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dana came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
  • Duck Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hepburn
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hepburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
  • Sagehill
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sagehill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagehill
  • Smuts
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smuts

How Far From Fish Creek 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 Fish Creek to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Regina, which is the Provincial Capital of Saskatchewan, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Fish Creek to Regina, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,452 miles [2,336.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,154 miles [9,903.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,949 miles [7,964.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: www.saskatchewan.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fish Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fish Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.6095, Longitude: -106.1458    
<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 Fish Creek, 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 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 Fish Creek 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'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 Fish Creek 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 327.952 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.034 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.50 degrees.




 

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