2023-11-04 20:30:00
A fisherman from Quebec a made quite a discovery on the banks of the Saint-Charles River last August when he found a bottle sent to the sea almost 10 years ago by a resident of New Zealand.
It was during a fishing trip in the area of the White Birch paper factory in Quebec on August 15 that Stéphane Munro and his brother made the discovery of what looks like a time capsule, according to this as reported by the New Zealand Herald newspaper.
Used to fishing in this area, the Quebec resident explained that he had often found objects thrown on the beaches, but it was only when he picked up the bottle that he was surprised to find that he There was paper inside.
It was then a letter dating from 2014 which spoke of the life and family of a certain Jim Green, a history enthusiast who lives nearly 15,000 kilometers from Quebec, in Whangamata in New Zeeland.
Capture d’écran New-Zealand Herald
Find Mr. Green
After his discovery Stéphane Munro asked his fishermen friends to help him in his search for Green.
“I had to find the person who sent the message and tell them that their bottle had been found so far away. If I were in his place, I would like to know,” Stéphane Munro told the New Zealand Herald.
After weeks, his brother finally came across an article regarding Jim Green on the Bay of Plenty Times website.
After failing to contact Green on social media, Munro wrote to the Bay of Plenty Times who then took it upon themselves to put the two men in touch.
A hundred capsules
Contacted by the Journal on Saturday, Mr. Green did not respond to our request for an interview, but he explained to the New Zealand Herald that he would have sent many similar time capsules across the globe.
“I’m just doing this for someone to find the message I left behind when I pass away,” he said.
Capture d’écran New-Zealand Herald / Photo : Alison Smith
From Sydney to Australia via the Canadian maritime provinces and even the United Kingdom, nearly a hundred bottles would have set sail with its history inside.
Even though he has absolutely no idea where the bottle found in Quebec came from, he said he was very happy to know that it was found since only one person had contacted him since the start of his adventure. .
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