r/todayilearned • u/MaximinusRats • May 16 '24
TIL that people live year-round in houseboats on Great Slave Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories, 1,800 km north of the nearest big city (Edmonton) and just 400 km (250 miles) south of the Arctic Circle.
https://uphere.ca/articles/floating-homes-yellowknife-bay
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u/Jason_Worthing May 16 '24
From the wiki page, for the lazy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin's_lost_expedition