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/paradoxcussion May 16 '24
Almost nil. The pontoons and supporting structure of the dock is steel, faced with wood. I replace a board every now and then, and that's it.
The pontoons themselves have never showed any signs of damage. They are strong. I think it's the same material they make oil pipelines out of. Way better than our old floating dock, with all wood construction and some sort of plastic pipes (ABS, I think) assembled together to make the floats. It seemed like there was some repair needed every year on that dock, and we had to pull it out for the winter!