When you want to move an island, you’ve got to break out the boats.
Wisconsin’s Lake Chippewa has an interesting feature: It’s full of floating bogs. According to the Chippewa Flowage website, these bogs bounce around the lake and “can range in size from the size of a parking space to several acres.”
Sometimes, however, these bogs get in the way. That’s when you call the boys, get into your boats, and get to work. Ladies and gentlemen, move that bog!
Boat owners moving a large floating island out of the way on Wisconsin's Lake Chippewa
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) February 1, 2024
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A timelapse video of the bog movement was recently posted to X/Twitter, where it accumulated over 30 million views. In the video, several boats can be seen nearly burning out their engines as they move a massive bog — thank you, beautiful “boaters”!
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— BoreCure (@CureBore) February 1, 2024
May 25, 2022, Wisconsin.
A remarkable community effort unfolded as residents joined forces to move a giant floating bog on the Chippewa Flowage.
This bog, several decades old, was formed when the Chippewa River was dammed about a century ago. As soil and plant… pic.twitter.com/wgTaBpXqzA
A response Tweet provided some additional information. Essentially, Lake Chippewa’s bogs came about as a result of a century-old river damming. Since then, the bogs have become essential for local wildlife — and as a result, they’re protected by the state.
That said, they can be a nuisance. One local restaurant owner noted that the bogs can block a nearby bridge, and so, a group of 25 boaters got together and decided to push the bog deep into the lake without damaging it.
When i was 4yo and they told me Britain gave HK back to china this is literally what I imagined https://t.co/VOBy9JbFBP
— Gary Zhexi Zhang (@garyzhexizhang) February 1, 2024
Not a single one of them would blow a 0.0 on a breathalyzer either https://t.co/iD9tTjPhJP
— Pud Summers (@PudSummers) February 1, 2024
Did it work? Kind of. The bog didn’t end up blocking the bridge, but it also got caught on some rocks, meaning that the boaters may have to rally the troops and do this again every couple of months. Next time, count me in!
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