Christmas is everywhere—even on our maps
It should come as no surprise that the yuletide spirit has influenced our mapmakers. In British Columbia it can be found, in variations, at least 18 times. The Cassiar has its Christmas Creek, Lillooet region its Christmas Creek, Christmas and Tiny Tim lakes, and Revelstoke its Christmas Island. Up-coast, we have Yule Lake and Rock. Also scattered about the province are nine Noels, although few if any of these have any connection to the holiday as Noel is also a surname. —clipart-library.com On Vancouver Island there’s Christmas Point on the west side of the Malahat’s Finlayson Arm, and Victoria’s Christmas Hill. And that’s pretty much it, B.C. mapmakers, alas, not having been moved by the festive season as have their counterparts in other provinces.Mind you, we did come close at least once: St. Nicholas Peak. So-named by a surveyor...
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