Hub - the promised land for those who appreciate loneliness (7 photos + 1 video)

I wish I could take it, drop everything and go somewhere where only water surface, silence and loneliness. Have you had similar thoughts? A some people managed to create their own personal paradise outside of society. Although very small.





The unofficial name of the island is Just Room Enough Island. That is the island of one room. And before the American Sizeland family acquired this tiny piece of land, it was not for anyone famous. Hub Island is part of the Thousand Islands archipelago in the lake Ontario is jointly owned by Canada and the United States. In fact there are many more islands. It's just that some of them are so tiny that It doesn't even make sense to name them.



The Sizelands became interested in the place when it was in the 50s put up for sale due to cheapness. They built on an islet cottage type house and began to spend weekends and holidays here. Is it true, to transfer the land to the status of an inhabited island, it was necessary to strain. In accordance with applicable law, this requires it was necessary to equip it with a full-fledged housing and grow at least one tree.





The owners coped with the tasks set. wheels bureaucratic machine slowly but surely creaked. And as a result the island, whose area is only 310 squares, has acquired the desired status.

Now, in addition to the house, it is equipped with a mini-beach with a couple benches and two whole trees grow. Are the owners happy or not with the current state of affairs is a big question. After all, it was a matter of to acquire a corner for solitude, and as a result, they arrived representatives of the Guinness Book of Records, and the Hub officially became the most smallest inhabited island in the world.



This fact was quickly found out by the ubiquitous tourists who scurry about surroundings, taking photos and videos. But such is life, calm moments of which the owners of the island continue to enjoy.