Joke: Why would you name the Lake so ?

When I was a child, my family used to often take our vacations in British Columbia . We had a favorite place to visit, mostly because of the fine fishing. It was at a lake that was about 30 miles long and a ½ mile wide.

While we were around our campfire in the evenings, the local Indians would go from camp to camp selling their wares. They would also tell of the legends of the area. This one legend always stuck in my mind:

It seemed that on this particular lake, two Indian tribes made their homes. They were, however, at war with one another from years before. There was an Indian maiden in one camp who was in love with a young brave in the other camp, and they used to stand on the shore of their respective side of the lake and chant Indian love calls to each other even though they were warned by their Chiefs that nothing could ever become of their love.

One day, they just couldn't stand being apart any longer. That evening, on a cold fall night, they each jumped into the lake and swam towards each other in the moonlight.

When they reached each other in in the middle of the lake, they embraced and very quickly froze to death. This act so impressed the brave's tribe that they named the lake after the young man.

I will never forget those wonderful vacations that we spent at Lake Stupid.