The bananna belt- south western coastal B.C. (particularly Victoria)

Lotus Land -same place

chocker block or chuck-a-block - full

Kiss-me-arse - the marbled murrelet

salt chuck or chuck - the sea

skookum - "hell for strong", good

Kanakas - Hawaiin Islanders who came to B.C. between the 1830's and 50's

jacks - sexually precocious male coho, spring and sockeye salmon returning to spawn before their full weight

sticks - "from the sticks" meant from the bush country of the Interior (any place not on the coast), now means any forested place without a paved road.

hootch - any inferior liquor usually home brewed

porch climber - bad cheap wine

CIL Spinner or James Island Spinner - a stick of dynamite used for an easy way of fishing (scooping up stunned fish)