r/interestingasfuck • u/Imaginary-Pickle-94 • 18h ago

An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.'s largest reservoir

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u/plava-ta12 18h ago

is lost now here?!

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u/cryptolyme 18h ago

a floating island

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u/Tampadarlyn 17h ago

They aren't uncommon, really. Some areas have pontoon parties to rally boat owners and move the islands out of boating channels.

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u/cryptolyme 7h ago

yea, i've heard of them. kinda clickbaity that they didn't say that.

they make it sound like the Lost island or something

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u/Striking_Order4862 15h ago

Maybe it’s an ancient giant turtle!!

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u/tpzQ 18h ago

looks like a combination of trees and shrubs rather than an actual island. probably floated out to sea

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u/accidentallyHelpful 15h ago

How does it get from the reservoir to sea?

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u/MediocreAndLukewarm 13h ago

A lot of hard work and dedication. And scholarships.

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u/Total-Fly-9131 18h ago

With everything else going on now we got appearing and disappearing island.

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u/Oberyn_TheRed_Viper 16h ago

How big is a Canadian football field? What is Canadian football?

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u/spreadbutt 15h ago

Slightly bigger than an American one and there's less downs and one more player

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u/Oberyn_TheRed_Viper 15h ago

What's that? Like 7 blue whales? Or one Statue Of Liberty?

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u/Mecha-Dave 7h ago

This is how plants and animals have crossed the oceans for millennia. A naturally occurring "colony ship."

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u/RoyalCities 16h ago

Epstien Island has been relocated to BC now?

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u/PlayListyForMe 16h ago

Highest water level in 14 years. Probably 14 years of growth.

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u/Theylikedumbdumb 15h ago

Ah the island of floating trees and shrubs all bobbing up and down..

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u/Ocean_Runner 7h ago

Is it home to hundreds of meerkats that sleep in the trees at night?....

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u/cool_pillo 18h ago

Isn’t a floating island simply just an… island?

They all float lol

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u/TheDarkWave 17h ago

No, islands don't float.

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u/cool_pillo 1h ago

Oh what is this video of then?

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u/TheDarkWave 1h ago edited 1h ago

A peat bog mass. Standard islands are part of the Earth's crust, they don't float. If they did, Hawaii would have drifted into California by now. Have you ever read a geology book?

Officials from B.C. Hydro suspect it formed over decades along the shoreline as driftwood, mulch, and decaying peat accumulated. Plants and trees took root in the floating mass, weaving an interconnected root system that held it all together like a raft.

When winter snowpack and heavy summer rains brought the Williston Reservoir to near-capacity for the first time in 14 years, the rising water dislodged the mass, sending the tree-covered "island" drifting into open water.

It's not that deep, bro.

edit: mostly because its floating

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u/cool_pillo 24m ago

Sorry floating land mass* Not an island. That serves the narrative better lol you should send your story to CBC news and tell them to correct it

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u/alexiawins 17h ago

What???

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u/bb_cake 16h ago

XD.... what indeedie