On an island in the middle of the French river of Edre is a Japanese garden that looks like it was transplanted from the city of Kyoto. The area where the island of Versailles now stands was originally a riverine marshland inhabited mostly by fish, frogs, waterfowl, and otters. However, in 1831 the river was cleared for the construction of a canal that would connect the city of Nantes with Brest. A byproduct of the canal construction was the creation of a small island sitting in the middle of the…
