Stephen Webb: There's a beaver dam in northern Canada that's twice as wide as the Hoover Dam, and was discovered from satellite photos because it's so remote, and forms a wetland delta despite there not being any distinct creeks or rivers feeding into it.

There's a beaver dam in northern Canada that's twice as wide as the Hoover Dam, and was discovered from satellite photos because it's so remote, and forms a wetland delta despite there not being any distinct creeks or rivers feeding into it.

World’s Largest Beaver Damwww.pc.gc.ca

I like how it’s marked as a tourist attraction on Google Maps even if it’s more or less impossible to get to by land

World's Largest Beaver Dam · 5.0★(15) · Tourist attractionmaps.app.goo.gl Fort Chipewyan, AB T0P 1B0, Canada

i think there's one guy who managed to make it out to the lodge and it was a solid three days' hike/swim in for him after he got boated out as far as his guide could get him. It really difficult to get there, which is great for the beavers, they don't need to be bothered by people

Nobody likes a beaver botherer

Sounds like 20’s slang for a sexual predator

I wonder which of this reviews is his

beavers are notoriously not sweet.

That’s why the Pevensies don’t visit as often as they’d like.

I'd give it five stars too, don't even need to see it

Here's a lovely article about it: e360.yale.edu/features/wor...

Deep in the Wilderness, the World’s Largest Beaver Dam Endurese360.yale.edu The largest beaver dam on Earth was discovered via satellite imagery in 2007, and since then only one person has trekked into the Canadian wild to see it. It’s a half-mile long and has created a 17-...

I like how because it's in Canadia, the Canadans are telling us how many hockey rinks of water it holds.

Many years ago, I was working in the bush in northern Ontario. I think we were timber cruising. We came across a giant poplar tree felled by beavers, who built a canal system around both sides. Amazing engineering.

Would have loved seeing that. There was a decent sized dam above the bay my Dad's cabin was on. You had to hike up to it but it was worth it for the pike fishing. They were different from the main lake, with amazing colors! It's to the left behind Dad. Other pic is of the hutch.

There was a beaver pond near my parents' place where I'd take my son fishing. He was about 10 and was getting ticked that I was catching largemouth bass, so I showed him how to cast into a pocket in the weeds, let his plastic worm drift down, and then twitch it. He caught his first 5-pounder.

He was pretty chuffed, although a bit afraid of touching it.

That's a great pic. I don't blame him. Between the slimy stuff and the pokey bits ... 😬😆

There really is a lot of skill to it. Also, too, luck. First time R & I went up there with him I was only one that caught any walleye. For 3 days. He got pissed and told R to stop baiting my hook. Looked him in the eye and asked if he wanted fish for dinner. That ended that nonsense pdq. 🤣

Pickerel... mmmm. Luck often is a big part of it. My son became a good fisherman. Years later on my parents' lake, I was using a newish soft plastic, Lucky Strike Rage Trail crayfish with a coffee scent. I caught 10 smallmouth that day, he caught nil. Sour face. Most of the time, we're about even.

This is a prime time beaver skeet why save it for 11pm PT?

I can reskeet it in the morning

This is other timezone erasure how dare you

Well, dam.

badam- tss

I’ll be here all week. 🤗

Good dam.

I bet it's kept a lot of wildlife alive

Is it larger than Beaver Dam, WI? www.cityofbeaverdam.com

No, and there is also less beer and cheese curds.

A fav backpacking memory is standing on a pier next to a park ranger who was gazing wistfully at a distant beaver in Isle Royale NP. I said, “Excuse me, do you know the weather forecast?” He nodded and said, “Just a sec… I have a thing for beaver.” I replied, “Don’t we all, man. Don’t we all.”

This is so cool! Also, only in Canada is a hockey rink a unit of measure, lol.

I don't know that I'd call Alberta "northern Canada"

cmon man, if the Toronto raptors can call themselves "we the north", it's all the north

Alberta goes a long way north.

This feels like good news

This is truly amazing

Amaizing creatures those beavers.

Beavers freaking rule. Seriously tied with hippos as my all time favorite animals. There's a freaking good reason MIT chose them as their mascot.

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