Irish boy lands in Quebec thanks to message in a bottle

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Ten-year-old Oisín Millea is touring the province of Quebec this summer, retracing the path of a handwritten message he found in a bottle that washed up on the shore near his home at Passage East, Ireland.

Oisín brought the bottle back to Quebec, and the girls who put the bottle in the ocean met him at the airport in Montreal.

Welcome @Oisin_in_Quebec! Enjoy! RT @TourismQuebec #FF visiting @Montreal @ChaudApp @GoCharlevoix #messageinabottle http://pic.twitter.com/TzLKNsXsp1Québec City Tourism

Oisín found the bottle last October, but it was tossed into the ocean by two girls from Montreal more than eight years before.

In June 2004, friends Claudia Garneau and Charlaine Dalpé, then 12 years old, wrote the note, put it into a green plastic pop bottle and cast it into the sea while on vacation at Grande-Vallée, in Quebec's Gaspé region.

Irish message-in-a-bottle mystery solved in MontrealSenders and recipient meet on Skype Posted: Oct 23, 2012 4:13 PM ET A letter in a pop bottle that spent eight years drifting across the A...

This map shows the starting and ending point of the bottle's long marine journey.

Message in a bottle - Google MapsView maps and find local businesses on the web.

You can listen to the story of discovery here. (Worth a listen to hear his charming Irish accent.)

Message in a bottle: from Quebec to IrelandFrom Grand Vallée in the Gaspé, all the way to Passage East, Ireland - that was the path of a plastic green bottle with a message inside....

"I thought it was just rubbish. So I picked it up, looked in the bottle and then I opened it," Oisin told CBC Montreal about the moment when he made the discovery. "I tried to read it and I thought it was in Spanish, and then I found out it was in French."

The Millea family and the girls from Quebec met over Skype last October, after they learned about each other through reports in the media. At the time, they vowed to meet in person during the summer.

Employees from Tourism Quebec saw a golden promotional opportunity when they heard about the story and decided to organize a tour of Quebec for Oisín and his family. They even sent him special luggage from Quebec for his trip.

#messageinabottle: it's in 3 weeks! André and Magalie sent Oisín a nice surprise for his trip. #QcOriginal @magabout http://pic.twitter.com/7eUqoapthsTourisme Québec

Oisín's mother Aoife posted these pictures on Facebook of Oisín and his little sister Sarah opening the big parcel that arrived from Quebec.

Aoife Millea

we waited for oisin to come home from school today to open his gift from Tourisme Québec !! inside was 3 fab suitcases for our trip and an itinerary full of the most amazing adventures ! | Facebookfacebook.com

A couple of weeks later, Oisín and his family were ready leave Ireland and fly to Montreal..

One more sleep until Montreal ! http://pic.twitter.com/qT0BpU9bIOOisín Millea

Claudia Garneau and Charlaine Dalpé went to the Montreal airport to meet him.

#messageinabottle En route to the Mtl airport with Charlaine & Claudia. @Oisin_in_Quebec's plane is landing at 19H04! http://pic.twitter.com/rvrHMyaxbDTourisme Québec

Representatives from Tourism Quebec were also waiting to welcome the Millea family.

He's almost here, @Oisin_in_Quebec! And we're more than ready to welcome him! #messageinabottle #QcOriginal @Magabout http://pic.twitter.com/LPh8FBP7doTourisme Québec

Finally, the big moment: Oisín and his family landed in Montreal, ready to learn more about the province from where the message in the bottle originated.

Drum roll... Here's @oisin_in_Quebec. He has already charmed the cameras. Bienvenue! #messageinabottle #QcOriginal http://pic.twitter.com/nDDovEwQBfTourisme Québec

Oisín was trilled by a limousine that took him, his family, Claudia Garneau and Charlaine Dalpé to downtown Montreal.

On the way to the hotel. In a limo. Deadly!!! #bouteillealamer #messageinabottle http://pic.twitter.com/Vg4UjKrqrbOisín Millea

Oisín created a Twitter account to document his tour of the province.

Oisín Millea (Oisin_in_Quebec) on TwitterThe latest from Oisín Millea (@Oisin_in_Quebec). 10 year old Irish boy - This summer I will travel accross Québec roads, in the footsteps...

Here are some the photos he's shared:

I've made a new friend. Squirrels are everywhere. Amazing! #MTLMOMENTS #messageinabottle http://pic.twitter.com/dZwyBfQvNuOisín Millea

My sister Sarah just tried smoked meat @ Rubens. She likes it @Montreal http://pic.twitter.com/LIVGGtyADCOisín Millea

Oisín has also become quite the expert at giving interviews. He spoke to several reporters when he first found the bottle, and now journalists are interested in telling the next part of his story.

@Oisin_in_Quebec's in demand! After CTV this morning, now with CBC on the Mont Royal! #messageinabottle #mtlmoments http://pic.twitter.com/Pu2I9fLOLrTourisme Québec

Merci Pierre-Luc @CBC for the interview. #messageinabottle #QcOriginal http://pic.twitter.com/vexcjtrTFSOisín Millea

Elizabeth @cbc is very nice. Mom and I had a long conversation with her. Cool! :-) #messageinabottle http://pic.twitter.com/YhdmwelAKtOisín Millea

But, of course, in between the interviews, there is also time to check out the playgrounds in Montreal.

After a morning of interviews, relaxing and fun times at Mount Royal! #messageinabottle #mtlmoments #QcOriginal http://pic.twitter.com/SXIm11Ak81Tourisme Québec

The story of how finding a message in a bottle has lead to Oisín and his family visiting Quebec has inspired many on social media.

Real-Life Message in a Bottle Results In Trip of a Lifetime to Quebec http://shar.es/A9ptK via @sharethis #messageinabottle #QcOriginalMagalie

What happens when you find a #messageinabottle? Apparently you get a dream vacation. http://ow.ly/mUmT8 @TourismeQuebec @Oisin_in_QuebecShermansTravel.com

#FF @Oisin_in_Quebec #messageinabottle This young irish man found a bottle with a message from 2 girls from Québec Province. Amazing story.nathalie dumont

Oisín and his family will spend 10 days in Quebec, but the adventure doesn't end there. And at the end of July, Claudia Garneau and Charlaine Dalpé will board a plane to visit the Millea family at Passage East, courtesy of Tourism Ireland.

Have you ever written a message in a bottle? Have you ever found one?

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