The largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world

[@MrBambi3190]

I'm polish. Visiting the great lakes is one of my biggest dreams. Now i have another reason to do so.

[@christian9506]

As a native Michigander I always delight when people see them for the first time. Hope you make it.

[@Nick-dd2xg]

As somebody who spent their entire 36 years living in Michigan, surrounded by the Great Lakes, it blows my mind that people aspire to be here, it's so normal for me.

[@MrBambi3190]

@@Nick-dd2xg i think everyone has that. I'm also kinda bewildered whenever someone from a big city says the little town that i live in is beautiful.

[@thiccchungo1041]

@@Nick-dd2xg I’m from Illinois and I don’t get it either, I’ve heard people that live on the coast also say they dream of seeing the Great Lakes

[@jeebusthegreat8819]

I had a neighbor from Poland who said Lake Michigan reminded him of the Baltic Sea.

[@guynorth3277]

Spent an entire summer on Isle Royale a few decades back, truly an enchanting place, I remember visiting one of the smaller islands and was awestruck to find this island carpeted in a lush green moss, it was surrealistic.

[@dreamislands]

Wow, a whole summer? That sounds amazing. You’re making a lot of island lovers jealous :)

[@guynorth3277]

@@dreamislands; I was assigned through the student conservation association, as a Park-ranger Interpreter. I've even submitted a story of a moose I ran into, to the Almanac this year. Their category was 'Most memorable wildlife experience.

[@pmccarty]

Me too! Loved it.

[@drewberry5737]

Too bad they didn't have video recorders or anything to post videos to so we could see it

[@jackthesmack2657]

I'm wondering if those small islands are full of old growth trees and underbrush as they might of been spared from the logging

[@Ben-fx8lg]

Been there twice. Hiked and camped there for a total of 8 days.. There is something about that place you can hardly put a finger on.. All i know is it calls me back.. Viewing the stars on that island is soo amazing. Since there is no light pollution

[@dreamislands]

Thanks for sharing. I bet you have lots of memories from those trips. Hope you get to make more there!

[@Ben-fx8lg]

@@dreamislands Thank you for making the video. If I could attach photos in the comments I would.. One thing thing that is super cool about the Island.. enough time has passed where the wildlife isn’t scared of people.. So the foxes will walk up super close.. the moose are in no hurry to get out of your way.. Theyre like yeah, yeah, I’ll let you pass in couple minutes.. They’re trying to reintroduce wolves.. to curb the moose population as of the last 5 years… but they’re having a hard time cause if a land bridge freezes over, to the mainland. the wolves keep escaping.. as you know an animal population unchecked with no predators can start to cause harm. It’s a magical island my guy.. If you ever wanted to go.. my brother and my best friend keep reminiscing about it.. You won’t walk away going, mehh it was alright.. I guarantee it… One last thing.. the island keeps the Willy nilly tourists away. As it’s not some easy. If I get tired there’s a highway nearby..

[@velvet3784]

​@@Ben-fx8lg do they have bobcats? If they also want to have wolves then makes me think there is like no other predators like lynxes or bobcats

[@Ben-fx8lg]

@velvet3784 to my knowledge there are no bobcats. There are also no raccoons. Couldn’t tell you the reason off top. But I remember hearing that from the park rangers.

[@masons9541]

I have been on an island on a lake on Isle Royale. We swam out there since we didn't bring a boat on our trip. We reached the southern point, it was covered in fish carcasses. Shortly after we decided to leave and swim back to the mainland where our campground was. There were a lot of leeches in that lake.

[@gugster3080]

Sounds disgusting 😭

[@masons9541]

@@gugster3080 Yep it pretty much was lol... not everything you hear about on the internet is worth checking out. Oh well we can say we did it I guess.

[@Will-ww6yp]

Bald eagles

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

Theres nothing on Ryan Islet. It's a nice spot to dock the canoe for lunch while enjoying the epic, legendary fishing on and around ISRO.

[@DugrozReports]

What is ISRO?

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

@DugrozReports Isle Royale

[@demondelaplace5161]

Sounds exactly like what someone hiding treasure would say

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

@@demondelaplace5161 The treasure is out past McCargo Cove if you follow the cut out into Lake Superior. You can view it on Google maps and still see the Tubal Cain's old Ultima Thule mine.

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

@@demondelaplace5161 The treasure is 2 miles NE of the mouth of McCargo Cove.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

I swam to the island on the lake on the island to see if there was enough water to see the other lake with another island… and I picked off two dozen leeches at least for the 2 minute swim.

[@christopherwellman2364]

Do leeches hurt?

[@RavenMobile]

@@christopherwellman2364 No. When they bite down on you, they douse the wound in painkiller. You are unlikely to feel them at all most times, gotta do an inspection to see if they're on you.

[@illusionist1872]

@@christopherwellman2364 not when they bite, but they sure do when you pull them off

[@protorhinocerator142]

You just ruined the dream for me. Thanks, I hate it.

[@unionsquaregrassman]

And there's your bait!

[@robmausser]

This is sort of debatable. Lake Superior is technically not the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. Lake Michigan-Huron, which is hydrologically one lake as the straights of Mackinaw are hydrologically level is the largest Freshwater lake in the world by surface area. This means that Treasure Island in Lake Mindemoya which resides in Manitoulin Island Island within lake Michigan-Huron is the largest island in the largest lake in the largest island in the largest lake in the world.

[@donaldclifford5763]

Also Lake Tanganyika in Africa and Lake Baikal in Siberia are larger by volume.

[@01blaval]

@@donaldclifford5763And Malawi and Victoria...

[@vermontsownboy6957]

In the strangeness of this world I have discovered a larger island than Treasure Island to lead the the island-in-a-lake on an island-in-a-lake category. A while ago I did the google-earth land area acreage measurements to determine that my island was approximately 15% larger than treasure island. I suppose now you'll want to know what/where? Yeah, let me think on that.

[@alexandremaireno-ni4ec]

The Caspian Sea is the world's largest lake

[@01blaval]

@ Correct. Though it has salt water. The water volyme in the Caspian Sea is 3.5 times the volyme of all of the 5 great lakes in the US, put together.

[@RGCE291]

My favorite islands are great lake island's

[@Sailor376also]

Manitoulin Island is 5 times the size,, with lakes,, and with islands in the lakes.

[@dreamislands]

Right on! Maybe I’ll do a video about that island but without a clickbait title ;)

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

Isle Royale is everything Manitoulin pretends to be. It doesn't even feel like an island on Manitoulin, because you are in your car. Not even a road on Isle Royale, in fact it's the farthest place from a road in the lower 48 states.

[@bradkubota6968]

Pretty it has the largest lake in a lake officially.

[@markanderson3870]

This all gets complicated, especially if you consider the Caspian "Sea" is really a lake. Which muddies up everything! And as mentioned, the largest island on the largest lake on an island is on Manitoulin. So many superlatives! Who wins?

[@Sailor376also]

@@markanderson3870 You made me smile.. Absolutely correct. It is a kind of Bugs Bunny sort of thing "ehhh What's up, Doc?" Doesn't mean a thing, just kinda fun. I am biased though,, I must confess. I have swatted mosquitos on both islands and sailed a sailboat around Manitoulin. I know nothing about the Caspian Sea, never been, never seen, never studied it. And the Canadian Shield? I would not be surprised to find four or five more candidates,, They have got LAKES up there,,, so many.

[@Travis-guy-247]

You actually missed some words at the end there. That rock was actually the largest island, on the largest lake, on the largest island, on the largest lake, on the largest island, on the largest lake in the world.

[@JimYeats]

That’s what I was thinking.

[@jadoyon]

I thought the same thing. The rock in a pond would mean it needs to be said 3 times. The island itself would be 2 times.

[@BnORailFan]

I went backpacking on Isle Royale back in September and was the last customer at their gift shop for the year. I would love to go back again.

[@velvet3784]

That Sounds cool

[@patbrennan6572]

This is amazing , thanks bud for the great post.

[@jimchalmers8310]

Manitoulin Island is the largest fresh water island in the world.

[@dvs620]

That's not what was said though. This is the largest island in Lake Superior, aka, the largest island in the largest lake. It also has a lake with an island. That island was thought to have a seasonal pond with a boulder, making it the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in Lake Superior.

[@johnfitzgerald7618]

​@dvs620 Manitoulin also has a lake with an island with a lake on it. But yes, the video's about Lake Superior.

[@dvs620]

@@johnfitzgerald7618 "Wel actually..." Just admit you messed up. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@johnfitzgerald7618]

@@dvs620 ??? I'm not the OP.

[@joshuajohnston4352]

Sshhhhh.Dont tell anyone about Manitoulin!!!!

[@rfmckean]

Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the largest island in the Great Lakes.

[@sathdk79]

But does it have an island on a lake on it?

[@gheald5245]

@@sathdk79 Yes it does. There are several lakes with islands on Manitoulin Island. Lake Manitou is the largest lake and has a few islands, but the largest island on Manitoulin Island is Treasure Island which is located on Lake Mindemoya. It is the world's largest natural island in a lake on an island in a lake.

[@ExploreWithIsaac]

Yes, but Isle Royale is the Largest Island in the Largest Great Lake. Manitoulin Island is not in Lake Superior so it does not qualify as the largest island in the largest lake.

[@SEBithehiper945]

Well @gheald, that would have the ACTUAL largest island on the largest lake on the largest island on the largest lake then! Because the caspian sea is not the largest lake (actually an ocean), lake michigan-huron is (lake michigan and huron are the same cause straits of machinak is just a narrowing), it would be in it, and of course there is the lake you mention in it, and in the lake you mention, you mention an island! So whatever that island is, it's the largest!

[@jamesbelshan8839]

I'm now picturing a voyage requiring recursive boats. You take a big boat to the big island, where you offload your smaller boat and portage it to the smaller lake. Row your smaller boat to the smaller island, where you unload and inflate your smallest boat. Portage smallest boat across the smaller island, row it across the smallest lake. Dock it at the smallest (boulder) island, and eat a tiny lunch. Reverse steps to leave, being sure to deflate and load as appropriate.

[@dreamislands]

This made me laugh. A real sucker for recursive humor over here.

[@buckbenelli8]

I camped on that rocky shoal in 1988. Canoeing on Siskiwit was a bit sketchy.

[@Mars0984]

I’m from Michigan and I approve this video

[@sky173]

Spent a week on Isle Royal. It was amazing. Lots of walking trails. The best part was finding things off of the common paths. Great video... PS, it's pronounced 'Royal' as in royal blue.

[@dizzy_jump]

video starts at 1:57

[@Awesome2000WasTaken]

Thx

[@benjason_94]

Erm

[@shroomzzz]

Greetings fellow recursive lake enthusiast! On a hiking trip in the Sierras I discovered a mountain lake with an island. I returned later with an inflatable boat and found...yep a small pond. I made a small mound of dirt and punched a depression into it, wondering how far down the rabbit hole I could go.

[@melissawalker3888]

I love it ! ❤ Sounds like something I would totally do.

[@ceejay0137]

Have a look at Turtle Lake, which is on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron. There are two large islands, the southern of which has some dark areas that appear to be pools or small lakes, several of which have islands within them. If so, those would be I6's, in other words an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in a lake. There is an L5 (a lake on an island in a lake on an island in a lake) in Yathkyed Lake, Nunavut province, west of Hudson Bay.

[@dreamislands]

Did you make up the is I6 and L5 terminology or is that a known thing? Either way, I like it!

[@ceejay0137]

@@dreamislands A few years ago I got interested in this after reading an article about recursive islands. I spent some time (far too much, actually!) looking for them on Google Maps. I kept a list and decided I needed a convenient way to classify the features, so as far as I know it was me that invented the terminology. As you'll recognise, the letter specifies the smallest feature and is followed by the number of levels of recursion. I noticed that every time you go up a level the feature gets about ten times bigger. As the smallest features visible are a few metres across, after 6 levels you get to the size of a continent, so I don't believe there are any I7s or L7s. Canada is a good place to look for these as it has _so_ many lakes!

[@ceejay0137]

@@dreamislands I got interested in this after reading an article about recursive islands. I spent some time (far too much, actually!) looking for them on Google Maps. I made a list, and decided I needed a way to classify them, so as far as I know it was me that invented the terminology. As you recognise, the letter specifies the smallest feature and the number is the level of recursion. I noticed that every time you go up a level the feature gets about ten times bigger. As the smallest features visible are a few metres across, six levels higher is the size of a continent, so I’m pretty sure there are no L6s or I7s anywhere. Canada is a great place to look for more of these, because it has _so_ many lakes!

[@ERBanmech]

I backpacked there with my grandpa several years ago. The place is beautiful and is perfectly pleasant in the summer albeit windy as it’s surrounded by water. I distinctly remember nearing the end of our journey, reaching the shelters on the Canada side of the island and eating crappy but delicious frozen pizza from the general store. My grandpa and his friend woke up early the next morning to go see if they could go photograph some moose. I woke up later to a splashing sound coming from the stream in front of our campsite to eventually see one simply trudging through the shallow waters. I didn’t have a camera but I had a good laugh when my grandpa and his friend came back empty handed. Did you know that the scientific study of the wolf and moose population on the island is one of the longest ongoing animal studies to this day?

[@LeiaPies]

Isn't the Caspian sea the largest lake though?

[@phuktard]

Lake Baikal is the largest by magnitudes. The Great Lakes almost fit within it.

[@jimfloyd4563]

Calling BS! Lake Superior is not the largest lake in the world. The largest lake is the misnamed Caspian Sea, almost five times the size of Lake Superior.

[@vermontsownboy6957]

Caspian Sea is semi saline water. L.Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area.

[@Schody_lol]

@@vermontsownboy6957 the author did not specify wether he meant freshwater or saltwater lakes.

[@cg5648]

NERD!!!!!

[@BassFish111]

@@cg5648and?

[@kaylagreilick5718]

Great video, BUT.. you mention your upbringing in Michigan, but you say isle royal wrong. We don't say RoyAL, like Casino RoyAL, we say Isle ROYal, like ROYal birth. I'm from northern michigan, and that's how it's said by one and all

[@dreamislands]

I’ve betrayed my roots! Maybe it’s a regional thing? Or I just missed the boat on that one. Thanks for watching and for the comment :)

[@yooperventures2830]

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[@mototoad1242]

You mean people from Michigan might pronounce some words differently?!? C'mon Kayla. 😂 I'm from upstate New York. There is a creek called 18 mile creek and most there call it a "crick" I was raised there and say creek. Is your mind blown?

[@Geriatricbaby]

@@mototoad1242​​⁠You shouldn’t comment on stuff you aren’t knowledge about because Kayla is 100% correct. It’s pronounced isle royal and not isle royAL. It’s similar to a Michigander pronouncing the C in Mackinac instead of knowing to say “Mackinaw.” May I ask, is your mind blown? Lmao.

[@mototoad1242]

@@Geriatricbaby I never said she wasn't correct?! You shouldn't comment such a condescending statement if you don't even get the jist of what's being said. Take your Geritol 🤣

[@SternaRegnixTube]

0:13 New Zealand, Papuan New Guinea and all the other islands

[@Yeaboi2169]

they arent in lakes tho??

[@LittleBudd13]

Wow man..... That blew my mind!

[@lexyinspace]

Manitoulin Island (the largest lake island in the world) in my home province of Ontario contains 3 lakes, one of which, Lake Mindemoya, contains Treasure Island, an island about 400m wide (about 4 football fields) within the lake within the island. Further north in Nunavut there is Victoria island, an island which itself contains a sub-sub-sub island. An island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in the Arctic Ocean. Nature is awesome 🏝️

[@thomas_2285]

You are zoomed in so far that the frame of reference is lost. It's hard to tell actual size and location of the island. I felt sure you were going to zoom out at the end to show it.

[@meller7303]

Not the largest, but in Newfoundland, which is an island, Grand Lake has another big island, which has another lake, which also has an island. This makes it one of the few islands in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in the world

[@patbrennan6572]

Is that on the island or in Labrador ?

[@meller7303]

@ on the island , grand lake is west coast, not far from deer lake

[@DugrozReports]

Here it is on Google maps: maps.app.goo.gl/gjKFPiKVdQTCQpXU8 - an unnamed island in an unnamed lake on Glover Island, in grand lake , which is in Newfoundland, which is in the ocean.

[@BriBryBriBry]

You know what he means.. It's not Newfoundland give me a break.

[@meller7303]

@@BriBryBriBry I literally started my comment with “not the largest”. I’m just sharing other similar places. Not sure why that’s a problem

[@Ryty9710]

I’m having a stroke reading the title

[@Tongdrol]

Thank you for your video. I visited Isle Royale over 50 years ago as a Boy Scout. Lots of good memories, like encountering a moose on a hiking trail that was at least 10 feet tall! Anyway, I just wanted to mention that the standard pronunciation of the Island's name is not as you said it in the video. Though the name is spelled like the French word, at least in Michigan it was always pronounced like the English word Royal. I checked on Wikipedia just now, which confirmed that pronunciation is standard.

[@mentilly_all]

the Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world, by far

[@ericjsmoczynski4374]

Seas can’t be lakes. Get it? 😂

[@tipwilkin]

When did we start defining islands like that? When I was a kid (~20 years ago) we had a Geography song which called Australia "the biggest island and the smallest continent"

[@cmyk8964]

The definition of “continent” has never been very clear-cut. The difference between a continent and an island is, in conclusion, arbitrarily defined. Currently, generally, by English speakers, Australia is considered the smallest continent, not the largest island, although not always.

[@nothanks5846]

We didn’t have a song, but yes, I recall being taught in elementary school (c. 1985) that Australia was “the only continent that was also an island.” Not sure when that changed!

[@62Cristoforo]

all continents are ‘islands’ of a sort

[@tipwilkin]

@@62Cristoforo I sort of see what you mean, and in fact, Antarctica is probably a better candidate for "Largest Island." Although I have seen a definition of "island" (in a very old encyclopedia that my parents had when I was a kid) that included islands joined to the "mainland" by a peninsula, I think in general that African could be said to be joined to Asia, and make one landmass, and the Americas form one single landmass--in both cases ignoring man-made waterways. Europe and Asia are certainly one single landmass, and so saying that one is an island is ridiculous on the face. Of course, saying that both are separate continents is somewhat troublesome, but since they were two of the three continents identified, it also seems off to say that they are not two continents, much like how Gravity was the first "fundamental force" identified, and so it doesn't seem right to demote it from that status. Like if we said that Venus or Mars wasn't a planet after all.

[@85lives]

lol the seam on the cgi planet at 00:17

[@thelittlestgiant]

I don’t think it’s a CGI planet, necessarily. They use real satellite images of the earth for stuff like Google Maps, so it’s not really computer generated. The giant blanket of satellite photos just doesn’t always mesh together perfectly well because of things like temporary cloud-cover.

[@suedilley]

Our favorite business trip ever! Can't say much else other than it was in 2001. Unforgettable.

[@holdthatlforluigi]

Doesn't that boulder have one more layer of recursion than you said?

[@JimYeats]

That’s what I was thinking too.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

And yet, Europe and Asia are considered to be separate continents although they comprise one land mass. Technically, North America is also part of that same mass; the Bering Strait separating it from Asia being very narrow and shallow. Not long ago it was a continuous, unsubmerged landmass.

[@MadScientyst]

This is so cool! What a wonderful Geography lesson! 🤩🤩

[@hazelcarbonaro3891]

the Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world, Superior is the largest fresh water lake

[@JackManic1984]

So it's island/lakeception?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I would just like to say that your use of prepositions in the title of this video is outstanding.

[@Moechtegernpilot1]

Where you from in the UP? Keweenaw?

[@thepaddockengineer]

0:12 what a great start to a video... Australia is, in fact, an island.

[@gulagwarlord]

Bro make more videos like this, thank you

[@likeke.benoyt]

That distinction is quite a mouthful! Thanks.

[@Dddss71710]

Manitoulin island is pretty huge. Its half the size of PEI which is a full provice. It is only about 3 hrs from the largest and densly packed cities in canada and yet has a tiny population of only around 13,000.

[@donaldclifford5763]

What about Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron?

[@RyanMathews-ld7hi]

I live by the GREAT LAKES and indeed they are mesmerizing.

[@n0denz]

The Caspian Sea not a lake?

[@awakenhawk4056]

Caspian sea is sepecial in a wat because it's bottom is actually a piece of confined oceanic plate. So it might be a sea!

[@rhsmn2334]

by what metric is Superior the largest lake in the world?

[@dmiftakhutdinov]

Probably by name :)

[@borismulder9585]

by area, and not considering the caspian sea a lake

[@dmiftakhutdinov]

@ If you don’t want to consider Caspian Sea, probably you will have to consider Huron and Michigan as a single lake :) And this lake will have larger surface area.

[@rhsmn2334]

@@borismulder9585 it's kinda arbitrary to exclude the caspian just because of the name

[@borismulder9585]

@@rhsmn2334 It's not just the name, some geologists consider it a sea as well

[@RedStateSecession]

Sumatra is an island. Lake Toba has an island Samosir. Samosir has an island. The island has a lake.

[@tomjohnson571]

I was a member of Boy Scout troop 626 from St. Paul in 1965, when our whole troop hiked Isle Royale, from Windigo to Rock Harbor. A very arduous trip, as the trail was very mountainous, up and down, with many moose all around, and several packs of wolves too, which we never saw. We would however gear them some nights, and see their scat on the trails. Mosquitos and black flies kept us swatting. I’ll never forget how beautiful the night sky was up there, with the stars seeming brighter and loser than ever.

[@pixtane7427]

Isn't Caspian sea the largest lake?

[@PiancoDaVinci]

I was looking for this comment!!

[@caesurabreak3528]

I knew immediately which isle you were on about. I did a trip with the boy scouts there once over a week and a half. Its by far the most underrated national park

[@oleanderson1013]

I’ve been there,to that exact spot, catching Siskwit strain lakers. It’s pretty cool. Thimbleberries EVERYWHERE!!!!

[@iLLuminatedWithDren]

I was always taught Australia is an island

[@h4rm5_w4y]

I'm a german and I want to visit Eastern Europe because I love the Eastern Europistan culture. I think a Train Trip would be nice. Don't care much about America and the West...i work with Truck Drivers from Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus etc every day. Some of them are crazy Kolegas but most of them are really nice dudes. Random comment of the week

[@mrfishworld]

Thrilling...

[@埊]

ᠫᠷᠠᠸᠳᠠ ᠬᠠᠬᠠᠬᠠ

[@Lurkzz]

Look up Åland Island! Many thousands of small islands all together!

[@neilrobinson3085]

Chamber's Island in Green Bay, WI also has third order recursive islands.

[@donaldclifford5763]

What about Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron? this is just an island in a large lake. Smaller than Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron that also has several lakes with several islands.

[@trentb3148]

But he didn't say it was the largest island in the Great Lakes. He said it was the largest island in the largest lake, which is Lake Superior.

[@samueltrusik3251]

Cozy? This creeps me tf out!

[@CyrusSanders]

The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world.

[@simonrancourt7834]

Do a video on René-Levasseur island in Québec. It's bigger than the lake it's in.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

How? Never mind, it makes sense when you see it.

[@bopperda]

Have you had a look at Manitoulin Island, where I live?

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

hmm, Kakawaie island, on Kegawong lake, on Manitoulin island- looks like a contender, if you counted Georgian bay & the North Channel as part of Lake Huron?

[@delb2192]

Your initial definition of continents vs islands is not correct. Continents are not based on tectonic plates, but rather on culture and history. If they were based on plates we’d have many more continents then we do now

[@GetRidOfHandles]

the largest island on the largest lake in the largest island on the largest lake in the largest island on the largest lake on a pretty large island

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

Pretty large? Name 1 bigger in Superior.

[@roberthughes9856]

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake but the Caspian Sea is greater in land area and volume. Although called a sea it is also a lake of brackish water. Lakes Baikal and Tanganyika are fresh water and greater in volume than Superior but smaller in area.

[@TheRalliowiec]

But only one is Superior.

[@xtheshadow_yt]

Theres also some recursive island on island victoria

[@Aries19974]

I almost had a stroke trying to read the title

[@GojiMasterZ]

Title is too vague, please provide two times more information

[@personpeoplepeoplepersons5722]

Isn't Australia part of Oceania?

[@mjproebstle]

You are close to a great example of a lake with an island with a lake within the island. Check out Star Island which contains Lake Windigo in Cass Lake Minnesota 😉

[@antonblam2]

I don't know why, but this is one of the most fascinating videos I've ever watched

[@cnrspiller3549]

"The Recursive Islands"... great name for a band.

[@XerXcho]

Isn't the Baltic Sea considered a lake and therefore the largest?

[@13donstalos]

Your definition of continent is flawed, because Europe and Asia are both on the same continental plate (Eurasian Plate) and yet they are deemed two distinct continents. So continents can be politically defined, as well as geographically.

[@mozzarellatherat9687]

I always thought continents were just giant islands and never realized the difference was islands don’t connect to tectonic plates

[@georgeschaut2178]

I'm familiar with this kind of a lake. On Manitoulin Island, which sits in Lake Huron, there is a lake called Sucker Lake. I once visited a cottage that is situated on a small island within Sucker lake. I couldn't find any pond on that small island though.

[@davispeterson1876]

Not quite the same, but Vulcan point in the Philippines is an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island. Or potentially was, since the lake it's in is the centeal crater of the Taal volcano, which has a tendency to produce small to moderate sized explosions every couple of weeks/months, and Vulcan Point isn't/wasn't particularly big. It's still there on Google Earth last i checked, but i dont know how up yo date that is, and ground truthing the situation would be extremely dangerous and illegal, since, due to the aforementioned explosions, nobody is even allowed on the lake surrounding Taal island, let alone onto the island itself or the central crater lake (which is also one of the most acidic bodies of water on the planet, with a PH comparable to battery acid)

[@brycewalburn3926]

Lake Superior > Isle Royale > Siskiwit Lake > Ryan Island > seasonal pond > boulder So its not the largest island on the largest lake on the largest island on the largest lake in the world as you said. It's the largest island on the largest lake on the largest island on the largest lake on the largest island on the largest lake in the world.

[@robbcory]

Yes. He missed a whole level.

[@fanOfMinecraft-UAs_channel]

He said it was debunked, so I guess the boulder in a seasonal pond doesn't count

[@TravelBlogVids]

​@@fanOfMinecraft-UAs_channelno he was referring to the boulder when he said it

[@TravelBlogVids]

also a pond cant be a lake and can a boulder be an island?

[@brycewalburn3926]

@@fanOfMinecraft-UAs_channel Go back and listen again. He was clearly trying to count the boulder and the pond. He simply misspoke at the end there.

[@criley2723]

Australia is absolutely an island, and you are the first person I have ever heard say it isn't an island.

[@frederickheard2022]

The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world. Nice video, though.

[@BriBryBriBry]

No it's not It's not even freshwater stay in hush mode and don't say another word

[@nick72486]

​​@@BriBryBriBry It is quite literally a lake. And lakes don't have to be freshwater

[@DreamMonster7X]

An island in a lake, that surrounded by an island, that's in a lake, that's surrounded by thousands of other lakes. Hmm, I think I got that...

[@protorhinocerator142]

0:56 video starts

[@MichaelHolloway]

Thanks for doing the research. :)

[@saltator8565]

All I can think about are the animals on these tiny islands and stories of their pasts. Sure, ducks and other birds can easily reach them, but other animals would have to swim.

[@jeil5676]

Or walk across in winter?

[@saltator8565]

@@jeil5676 True! Although I'm sure that some species like deer would find it difficult.

[@pa28cfi]

@@saltator8565 Not really that difficult. When (parts of) the Great Lakes freeze over animals cross out to the islands (or back to the mainland) quite easily.

[@junebegorra]

Lake Michigan-Huron is the largest lake in the world by area

[@cg5648]

NERD!!!!!

[@goodluvv]

Only seen Lake Ontario so far but Lake Superior is on my bucket list!!

[@leeburg02]

If there were a boulder in a pond on that island in a lake on Isle Royale, you actually neglected to mention the last island/lake combination (I. Royale and Lake Superior).

[@Friedtoenails]

Treasure island in lake Mindemoya on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is rumoured to contain several ponds.

[@southerndude9516]

Don't forget about that one place in Canada that has an island in a lake on and island in a lake on an island Coords: 69°47'33.2"N 108°14'24.6"W

[@aMiyafuji]

And that's actually Pure Michigan

[@borborygmuz3200]

Australia IS regarded as an island. It is called the island continent.

[@MichaelAdamsnowboard]

Gotta love the Rock. That's what we call Isle Royale. Awesome place!

[@1258-Eckhart]

Wow, this was so wholesome. Maybe some ground views of Ryan Island?

[@MojaveHigh]

You missed two levels of recursion at the end there. It would have been more interesting and had more impact if you finished it off correctly. Still, nice video.

[@1Kent]

What a treat.

[@annawilliams5079]

I’m a Michigan native and we pronounce Isle Royale as “royal” like the royal family not “royale” as in battle royale. Us Michiganders like to pronounce things lazy 😅 And my mom actually went to the rock on Ryan island and it had actually been surrounded by water. Pretty cool!