A bizarre phenomenon is drawing international attention to the shores of British Columbia’s largest body of water: a floating island of densely woven vegetation keeps appearing, disappearing, and then showing up elsewhere in the water.
The floating forest, which is 70 metres wide and 140 metres long, about the size of a soccer field, was initially spotted in July near Finlay Bay in the middle of Williston Reservoir in the northern interior of B.C.
Satellite imagery first confirmed its position, but by August it had vanished.
B.C. Hydro spokesperson Bob Gammer told Global News that his staff were alerted to the island in a Facebook post, but…
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