[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 26 Jun 1824 - Local News (1)

[Petra Mitchinson]

Hi Rod,

 

It is an intermittent phenomenon, which still occasionally appears.

 

See here:  https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/floating-island-derwentwater-borrowdale-0 

 

There are also some quotes and descriptions of it here:  https://www.lakesguides.co.uk/html/lgaz/lk13723.htm 

 

Also there is this paragraph from  https://cumbriaguide.co.uk/our-lakes-series-derwent-water/ :

 

The Derwent also has a mysterious floating island. It's not permanent and was known to rise during periods of heavy rainfall when
water tumbling down the steep mountains agitated the lake bottom in the shallow south-east corner.   Not far from Lodore a mass of
soil and decayed vegetation rises when it was distended with gases and sinks again once it was released and the waters calmed. At
times the island covered as much as half an acre and in the year 1831, it was seen from June 10 through to September 24.

 

I hope that satisfies your curiosity!

 

Petra

 

 

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Hello Everybody,

 

I was intrigued to read about the floating island on Derwent Lake, does anybody know anything about it and does it still exist?

 

Regards, Rod.

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