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13-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Connects Canadian Family and Irish Conservation Group

A Facebook post led beach cleanup volunteers to reunite with the bottle’s Canadian authors, launching a coastal resilience collaboration.

Bottle with a message inside found by Kate and Jon Gay on Scraggane Bay
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Overview

  • Volunteers from the Maharees Conservation Association recovered the bottle at Scraggane Bay during a beach cleanup and opened it at their evening meeting.
  • Finders posted images on Facebook and within an hour Anita Squires confirmed she and Brad wrote the note on Bell Island in September 2012.
  • Anita and Brad Squires married in 2016 and now live in Newfoundland with three children aged 5 to 19.
  • The Maharees group is using this story to forge links between Irish and Newfoundland communities facing sea-level rise and shoreline erosion.
  • The bottle’s 13-year, nearly 2,000-mile ocean odyssey has drawn global media interest as a testament to enduring human connections over time and distance.