About a quarter mile south of Rudy’s Bridge, right in the middle of the Fraser River, there lies a small island with a steep, rocky shoreline on three sides and a gradual rocky beach in its lee.

It’s accessible in winter, and sometimes when the river is really low, but most of the time it’s surrounded by fast-flowing water.

Actually, it is quite an unremarkable island, not unlike many others up and down the river, but this little piece of land is known by the locals as the Mad Russian’s Island, and therein lies a story.

About a quarter mile south of Rudy&rsquo;s Bridge, right in the middle of the Fraser River, there lies a small island with a steep, rocky shoreline on three sides and a gradual rocky beach in its lee.
It&rsquo;s accessible in winter, and sometimes when the river is really low, but most of the time it&rsquo;s surrounded by fast-flowing water.
Actually, it is quite an unremarkable island, not unlike many others up and down the river, but this little piece of land is known by the locals as the Mad Russian&rsquo;s Island, and therein lies a story.

The podcast version of the popular newspaper column ”The Haphazard History of the Cariboo Chilcotin” in the Williams Lake Tribune.

The podcast version of the popular newspaper column &rdquo;The Haphazard History of the Cariboo Chilcotin&rdquo; in the Williams Lake Tribune.

Haphazard History

Produced by the Williams Lake Tribune, Haphazard History is stories of the pioneers, people and places of the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia.

Produced by the Williams Lake Tribune, Haphazard History is stories of the pioneers, people and places of the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia.

This little piece of land is known by the locals as the Mad Russian’s Island, and therein lies a story.

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