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Page last updated at 12:36 GMT, Thursday, 19 June 2008 13:36 UK

House sails to new home

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A 30-year-old, 140 tonne Tudor mansion sailed across Lake Washington as it began a journey to its new home in Vancouver Island, Canada.

The house was bought for one dollar plus a donation to a housing charity after the previous owners decided to rebuild on the land in a suburb close to Seattle.

Having crossed the lake the house then had to be navigated through a series of locks which were far more suited to much smaller vessels.

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