Mom's message in a bottle found by her own daughter 26 years later

A young girl and her classmates came across a message in a bottle, only to find out that the bottle's previous owner wasn't a stranger.

Scarlet Van Eyk, a fourth grader at St. John the Baptist Catholic Elementary School, was visiting the Great Lakes while on a field trip when another child pointed out a mysterious-looking bottle, FOX 8 WJW reported.

"This letter is coming from Makenzie Morris and I go to St. John the Baptist School. I am in Grade 4 in Mr. St. Pierre's class," the letter stated, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

"My letter is about water in the Great Lakes. We read a book called 'Paddle-to-the-Sea.' It was a very good book."

Makenzie Van Eyk and her classmates at the time were assigned to write letters about the Great Lakes, before placing the notes in bottles and tossing them into the water, the outlet reported.

While this particular message stayed close to home, this is not the first time a mysterious letter found floating in a bottle has made its way back to its originator.

Last year, a letter written in 1997 by a fifth grader in Sandwich, Massachusetts, was found on the beaches of France.

The message was still in good condition even after 26 years, and it was successfully returned to the school.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Van Eyk family for comment.