“Peor es Nada” Is Not Enough: Canada Has So Many Lakes It Has Started Giving Them Bizarre Names

Peor es Nada, Entrepiernas and Salsipuedes can make a simple look at a Chilean map feel like a tour through an unexpected collection of names.

But even if Chileans believe their country has a talent, or perhaps a lack of talent, for naming places, Canada has a strong counterargument. The country has so many lakes that it has begun giving some of them unusual names.

The result is a map that challenges the idea that Chile has a monopoly on creative or inexplicable place names. In Canada, the sheer number of lakes has produced its own catalogue of names that can sound just as striking to a Chilean reader.