Freedom Cove is an artificial island in Cypress Bay near Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2] It was built by artists Wayne Adams and Catherine King.[3][4] Construction began in the summer of 1991 and has continued to the present day.[2][5] The island consists of a dozen platforms that include greenhouses, an art gallery, an art studio and a dance floor,[6] built atop recycled fish-farming structures.[7]
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