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Communities Also Named Last Chance ...

We found ten communities that share the name Last Chance.

Within Yukon, the name Last Chance is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Placer 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 California community of Last Chance [Placer County].
    • Colorado
      • Washington County
      • This Last Chance is located in Washington County and lies 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Last Chance.
    • Idaho
      • Fremont County
      • This Last Chance is located in Fremont County and lies 1,730 miles [2,784.2 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Last Chance.
    • Iowa
      • Lucas County
      • This Last Chance is located in Lucas County and lies 2,404 miles [3,868.9 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Last Chance.
    • Kansas
      • Barber 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 Kansas community of Last Chance [Barber County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Last Chance [Saint Bernard Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Barton 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 Last Chance [Barton County].
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark 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 Last Chance [Lewis and Clark County].
    • North Carolina
      • Hyde County
      • This Last Chance is located in Hyde County and lies 3,238 miles [5,211.1 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hyde County community of Last Chance.
    • Oklahoma
      • Okfuskee County
      • This Last Chance is located in Okfuskee County and lies 2,650 miles [4,264.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okfuskee County community of Last Chance.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Last Chance ...

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.

  • Deer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer
  • Moosehide
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Paris
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Reindeer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reindeer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reindeer

How Far From Last Chance to ...

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

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

  • Whitehorse, which is the Territorial Capital of Yukon, lies 261 miles [420 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Last Chance to Whitehorse, with an average speed<5>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,687 miles [4,324.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 days, a buggy would take 105 days and walking would take 153 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,807 miles [9,345.5 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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

The official website for Yukon Territory: www.gov.yk.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 Last Chance, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Last Chance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Last Chance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 64.0167, Longitude: -139.1000    
<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 Last Chance 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 Last Chance 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 355.161 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 358.997 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 338.076 degrees.




 

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