By Nono Shen Geologist John Joseph Clague said when he first heard that a floating island, bigger than a football field, had been spotted on a lake in British Columbia’s northern Interior, he dismissed it as an “AI stunt.” But Clague — a professor of earth sciences at Simon Fraser University and an emeritus scientist of the Geological Survey of Canada — is now convinced that the island is very real, but is mystified by its origins. Boaters have been being warned to stay off the island that reappeared on Monday on Williston Lake, the reservoir for the W.A.C. Bennett Dam, after BC Hydro confirmed its existence in mid-August but then lost track of it.. BC Hydro spokesperson Bob Gammer said it had travelled about 30 kilometres, adding to the…
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