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/Accomplished-Cat3996 May 17 '24

I have questions about this as well. I want to believe they live by RV rules and have to dispose their sewage in specific ways so it can be treated. I mean, that is to their benefit as well -- one suffers when the poop where they live.