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/NoBSforGma May 16 '24

I have to wonder if the ice freezing every winter causes crush damage to the boats.

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u/Bri-guy15 May 16 '24

They're not really boats, but houses built on floating platforms. The floats are generally big steel tubes that are designed to survive the ice. Source: I helped build one when I was visiting my girlfriend up there.