Winsted Lake has a mysterious submerged island
December 31, 2007 by roz kohls staff writer
Filed under General
The Winsted Lake Watershed Association had a global positioning system map made of Winsted Lake to identify where the curly leaf pondweed is located. It also showed the weed around a submerged island. Our family cabin is located on a lake that also has a submerged island. Submerged islands are very mysterious. It seems doubtful the island actually moved down into the water, although it’s possible. Maybe an earthquake could do it. Most likely, the top of the island eroded away, or there was an extra amount of water flowing into the lake that covered it up. It would be fun to be a scuba diver and study the island from all sides. Were there buildings on it? What wildlife hunted and lived there? Does the island have steep banks or shallow banks? How deep is the water above the highest point on the island? Now that the water in Winsted Lake is clear, maybe we can see the island from a boat on a sunny day. It sounds like a fun expedition.
I’ve heard that Leech Lake has a submerged island. Actually it’s more of a place where a sand bar comes up real high to the surface. It’s labeled on a map as an island, but when you go to the shoreline you can’t see this mysterious island. My husband and I drove around and around trying to see this apparent island. Turns out it was underwater! But the map makers had to label it on the map so boats don’t drive on top of it and wreck their engines. If I can find the name of it, I’d be happy to post it.
Indeed. I also would be interested to see if the one or two railroad cars still submerged are there too. This occurred when the railroad bridge that went over the south part of Winsted Lake collapsed in October of 1953. This would be near the submerged island.
Isn’t it most likely that the “island” was simply a terrain feature left by glaciation?