Pint (Ontario), about 1 litre versus 0.5 litres. After four of the British provinces united in the Canadian Confederation in 1867, Canada legally adopted the British imperial system of measure in 1873, making Canadian liquid units incompatible with American ones from that year forward. In 1873, the French Canadian "pinte" was defined as being one imperial quart or two imperial pints, while the imperial pint was legally called a "chopine" in French Canada. Canadian imperial units of liquid measure remain incompatible with American traditional units to this day, and although the Canadian pint, quart, and gallon are still legal units of
Gills Creek The Gills Creek watershed includes over 70 miles and 47,000 acres of land made up of Gills Creek and a number of tributaries (including Jackson Creek and Little Jackson Creek, among others). The watershed is considered "one of the largest impaired urban watersheds" in South Carolina. A 1999 United States Geological Survey report found high pesticide levels in Gills Creek which could be harmful to fish populations (although not above Environmental Protection Agency drinking standards) and fecal coliform levels that make the creek not "safe for swimming or other direct bodycontact activities." The creek was named after James Gill, a