Last week, the bottle was found by a woman in western France who, through the power of social media, sought him out to let him know his message was received. It took 18 months for a message in a bottle to make its way from the waters off Salvage, Newfoundland to Plouarzel Beach in western France. Devon with his message before putting it in a glass bottle and having it dropped in the ocean back in May 2016. Devon's father dropped the message in a bottle into North Atlantic from this boat, which he uses to fish for crab. "He was trying to ask me about where the bottle had landed, how long he figured it had been at sea and how long it had taken for the plant to grow on the bottle," Emily Maher said.

Source: CBC News November 13, 2017 14:42 UTC