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Canadian Couple’s 13-Year-Old Bottled Message Washes up in Ireland

  • A bottle thrown by Brad Squires and Anita Squires 13 years ago off Bell Island was found in Ireland by Kate and Jon Gay during a beach cleanup on July 7.
  • The message in the bottle traveled across the Atlantic Ocean, which was written at a time when the couple was dating long-distance.
  • Anita Squires described the experience as 'phenomenal' and highlighted the efforts of conservationists connecting with their story.
  • The Maharees Conservation Association was involved in the cleanup and emphasized the importance of protecting coastlines affected by climate change.
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After a romantic date on an island off the east coast of Canada, young lovers wrote a message, put it in a bottle and threw it into the Atlantic. Thirteen years later, it washed up on Ireland, and it took only a few hours for the couple to be found again.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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On the Irish coast members of an environmental association come across a bottle mail. There is a letter from a couple from Canada. When the senders are contacted, the joy is great.

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More than a decade ago, a couple of lovers sent a bottle mail from Canada. Kate and John Gay found the bottle with the message in early July at Scraggane Bay in Ireland. The Irish couple even found the senders.

·Dortmund, Germany
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It took more than a decade for a bottle mail from Canada to show up again. The couple she sent off is still together – and has brought great joy to the finders in Ireland.

·Germany
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In September 2012, a young couple concluded a romantic meeting in Newfoundland, Canada’s summer extreme, placing a message in a bottle and throwing it into the Atlantic Ocean. “The trip of one day to Anite and Brad on the Island of Bell. Today we enjoyed dinner, this glass of wine and other company on the island’s edge,” wrote in a message. The person who will find the message “call us”, followed by a phone number written by hand, writes The Gua…

·Romania
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Kurier broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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