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Off the Grid: A Couple Spends 24 Years Building a Floating Island Home in Canada
Twenty-five years ago artists Catherine King and Wayne Adams made the realization they would never have enough income to afford real estate so they made a fairly radical decision: they would build an island. Currently moored off the coast of Vancouver Island about 45 minutes by boat to the nearest town, their sprawling floating house is called Freedom Cove.
The completely mobile island is made of 12 tethered sections that incorporate four greenhouses, living quarters, a kitchen, workshop, art gallery, a lighthouse, and even a dance floor. Adams estimates the structure weighs in around 500 tons (a million pounds) and says everything was constructed with a handsaw and hammer without the aid of power tools. In this short clip, Great Big Story takes a brief glimpse inside this supremely unusual residence.
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