Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. As far as I know, each and every one of these lakes has a name and naming so many lakes is bound to result in some pretty interesting ones. On our trip north this past summer, we drove a long way and passed a lot of lakes. Here are some of the more interesting names.
- We passed Baby Lake, right across the highway from Mom Lake. About a kilometer up the road, we found Dad Lake.
- Desolation Lake, right next to Lonely Lake. Sounds like a delightful place for a cottage, doesn't it?
- Tons of lakes named for people: Cathy's Lake, Jason Lake, Sammy's Lake, etc.
- Near the town of Rossport is Little Lake. Little Lake? That's the best you could come up with? Though perhaps it's named after Mr. Little.
- The most original goes to Parkinson's Pothole
- According to Google Maps, near Terrace Bay we have Lake A and Lake B
- About 25 km east of Terrace Bay, there's Echo Lake. This is the same name as the lake my parents' cottage is on, a little over 1000 km to the south east (near Bracebridge). About 30 km further east of the first Echo Lake, there's another Echo Lake.
- On either side of Marathon there are Two Finger Lake and Three Finger Lake
- Near Wawa, we have Rod and Gun Lake
- It's not a lake, but there's Old Woman Bay (and nearby Old Woman River)
- Not far from Old Woman Bay is Rabbit Blanket Lake
- South of there is Dead Otter Lake
- South of Agawa Bay were Beta Lake and Gamma Lake. Alpha Lake is nearby but not on the highway.
- There's a town we didn't go to called Eliot Lake (which is near a lake called Eliot Lake), but that's not that exciting a name. Near there, however, is Crotch Lake. This sounds to me like a place you don't want to go swimming.
