• Hiking,  Vancouver Island

    Vanishing River

    As a child, I heard stories about Vanishing Rivier. I heard that the Vanishing River earned its name because it defied the scientists who tried to find where it went. I heard that scientists put GPS trackers into the river so they would float along and the river could be mapped but the GPS trackers always vanished along the route and could never provide the data. Rumours circulated that divers tried to follow the river but would get stuck and need to turn back and be rescued. However, none of that is true. The vanishing river is Benson River and it is part of a karst system that has created…