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Snafu Lake
Snafu Lake is a lake of southern Yukon, Canada, about 25 to 30 km north of the border with British Columbia. It is drained by Snafu Creek. The name is from WWII-era Military slang meaning Situation Normal, All Fouled Up. See also *List of lakes in Yukon This is an incomplete list of lakes of Yukon, a territory of Canada. The largest lake of Yukon is Kluane Lake at located at an elevation of . List of lakes * Aishihik Lake * Alligator Lake (Yukon), Alligator Lake * Atlin Lake (in British Col ... References National Resources Canada Lakes of Yukon {{Canada-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukon
Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as of March 2022. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories. Yukon was split from the North-West Territories in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The federal government's ''Yukon Act'', which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established Yukon as the territory's official name, though ''Yukon Territory'' is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of ''YT''. In 2021, territorial government policy was changed so that “''The'' Yukon” would be recommended for use in official territorial government materials. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon government also recognizes First Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Slang
Military slang is an array of colloquial terminology used commonly by military personnel, including slang which is unique to or originates with the armed forces. In English-speaking countries, it often takes the form of abbreviations/acronyms or derivations of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, or otherwise incorporates aspects of formal military terms and concepts. Military slang is often used to reinforce or reflect (usually friendly and humorous) interservice rivalries. Acronym slang in the U.S. Military A number of military slang terms are acronyms. Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up), FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond Any Repair or "All Recognition"), and a bevy of other terms to cynical GIs ridiculing the United States Army's penchant for acronyms. Terms then end up being used in other industries as these GIs complete their services. For example, FUBAR evolved into Foobar as GIs coming home from World War II matriculated into Massachusetts Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lakes In Yukon
This is an incomplete list of lakes of Yukon, a territory of Canada. The largest lake of Yukon is Kluane Lake at located at an elevation of . List of lakes * Aishihik Lake * Alligator Lake (Yukon), Alligator Lake * Atlin Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon) * Bennett Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon) * Coghlan Lake * Dezadeash Lake * Finlayson Lake (Yukon), Finlayson Lake * Frances Lake * Frenchman Lake (Yukon), Frenchman Lake * Kluane Lake * Kusawa Lake * Lake Laberge * Marsh Lake * Mary Lake (Yukon), Mary Lake * Mayo Lake (Yukon), Mayo Lake * McEvoy Lake * McQuesten Lake * Moose Ponds * Nares Lake * Quiet Lake (Yukon), Quiet Lake * Schwatka Lake * Snafu Lake * Spirit Lake (Yukon), Spirit Lake * Tagish Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon) * Tarfu Lake * Teslin Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon) * Ts'oogot Gaay Lake * Lake Wellesley * Wolf Lake (Yukon), Wolf Lake References {{Canada topic, List of lakes of Lakes of Yukon, * Lists of lakes of Canada, Yukon Yukon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
