How a floating island on a BC lake mysteriously disappeared, then reappeared

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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. Williston Reservoir is the world’s seventh-largest artificial reservoir, measuring 250 km north to south and 125 km east to west. B.C. Hydro spokesperson Bob Gammer described tracking the nomadic island as like looking for “a needle in a haystack.” As Travis Prasad reports, everyone is captivated by the floating island on Williston Lake. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/12044932/floating-island-bc-williston-resevoir/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://b

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