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A kind of message in the bottle recently appeared on the shore Remote Canadian Island.
Discovery was announced by the National Reserve on Sobal Island in a Facebook report on May 23. A small island is located near the water of the new Scotland.
In the message, the park officials said the bottle Archaeological technician From Potlotek First Nation, Native Americans Mi’kmaq.
“The message is very faded, but we could understand that the bottle was sent to the sea on January 14, 1983 from a transfer ship that works near the island of Sable,” the report said.
Speaking in front of Fox News Digital, Parks Canada representative Jennifer Nicholson said that, opening the bottle, the first thing the officials noticed was his strong smell.
Archaeological technician Mark Dutset found a message from 1983 in a bottle on Sobal Island, a remote island near the new Scotland. (Reserve National Park Island Sob through Facebook)
“Well, the first, you could The -still smells of ginshe remembered. – Even after 40 years, it did not go out.
Gin dissolved some of the ink on the letter, but was still weakly visible. Nicholson said the paper was still wet from being in the bottle for four decades.
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“As he dried up, you could deal with the message – and you could see the impressions left behind the pen,” she said.
The letter contained scanty details about the ship from which it was sent, which required some studies from park officials.
The park’s representatives are looking for a British ship crew that has launched decades of time capsules. (Reserve National Park Island Sob through Facebook)
“At first it was a little difficult to deal with the name of the ship. You can say that the” sea hunter “ended,” Nicholson said.
“We did a little digging, and one of the archaeologists found that there used to be a recovery ship called” Wimpey Sea Hunter “. It was a British ship built in Devon in 1982.”
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She added: “There were crews on the back.
The bottle also contained a bilateral bill since 1974, which presents a portrait Young Queen Elizabeth.
“We had appliances such as TVs and refrigerators that wash on the beach – especially refrigerators.”
“Canada’s bank replaced a two-sided bill with (dioeconial coin) in 1996, and some of our Sable teams have never seen a two-pointed bill before,” Nicolson said.
It is not heard that such bottles were washed on the Canadian shores. Nicolson said one message in the bottle is usually found in New Scotland a year.
The Sable Island National Park Reserve has about 160 marine miles from Halifax, New Scotland. (Getti Image)
“Many of them since the 1980s,” she said. “The oldest, who has found colleagues in the sea in the 1930s from the boat, which swam from the UK to North America … It was really careful.”
In addition, Nicholson said Park officials They saw “almost everything” washes on the shore.
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“We had appliances such as TVs and refrigerators that wash on the beach – especially refrigerators because they have a lot of insulation, so they swim,” she said.
“We had things with washing Russian labels. We found a small container for pills that were from France. And many typical waste you could imagine – Plastic bottles with waterOther plastic items for disposable use. “
So far, the bottle has been sent to the archives of Canada parks for further study and preservation.
Sable Island contains a number of wild horses that were introduced into the island in the 18th century. (Sarah Medille; Parks Canada)
Bottles containing decades are often found worldwide. In 2023 a French man came across one This was sent by a fifth -grader massachuset in 1997.
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In 2021, a 108-year-old message in the bottle was Found on the Ford construction site In Michigan.
