( Mark Rummel / AP )PORT HURON, MICH.—Canadian authorities stopped an invasion this weekend: 1,500 people on inflatable rafts and boats that drifted across the border from Michigan during high winds on the St. Clair River. The rafters were participating in the Port Huron Float Down, an annual event on the river that divides Michigan from Ontario. Harrison Plain, of Sarnia, waits to put his inflatable into the water for the Port Huron Float Down. Article Continued BelowThey say it took hours for a bus service to transport some 1,500 U.S. citizens back to Michigan. Sarnia city workers spent several hours Monday picking up beer cans, coolers, rafts, even picnic tables, that washed up on the Canadian shore, said spokeswoman Katarina Ovens.

Source: thestar August 22, 2016 17:05 UTC