Northern lights put on dreamy show across British Columbia

On a clear, cool Monday night, as the first long weekend of the fall season came to a quiet close, a mesmerizing ribbon of neon-green light burstacross the sky over British Columbia.

The northern lights gave families ashow fromVancouver Islandto Fort St. John and the Kootenays, starting around 9:30 p.m. PT.

The spectacle was made visible in southern parts of Western Canada by a "solar flare" event, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.The aurora borealis is usually best seen in the Arctic.

See photos of the northern lights over B.C. below:

From Vancouver

From Fort St. John

From Chilliwack

Between West Vancouver and Squamish

From the West Kootenay