B.C. man reunited with beloved flute, 5 years after it floated away down a Yukon river
A British Columbia man was reunited with a flute he lost five years ago after his canoe capsized in a Yukon river. The instrument was discovered inside a waterproof barrel by a stranger who tracked the owner down via social media.
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This human-interest story highlights the power of social media communities in reuniting people with lost personal items.
"Like, what? Like, I couldn't believe it," he said, from his home on Salt Spring Island, B.C.
The post on a Yukon paddling group page was by someone who had recently found a blue, waterproof canoe barrel full of camping gear, near the confluence of a couple of remote Yukon rivers. The poster, Colin Abbott, asked if anybody had dumped in Yukon's Kathleen River "in the last couple of years" and might be missing their gear.
There was also a picture, showing the blue barrel, some clothes and a sleeping bag strewn across a floor — and, in the middle, a flute in a case.
Colin Abbott posted this photo on social media after he found the barrel full of gear last month. (Colin Abbott)
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