If you see a large water bottle with a red flag attached floating or frozen along the Mackenzie River make sure to fish it out SA国际影视传媒� and not just for environmental reasons.

Bob Walker has sent a message in a bottle and heSA国际影视传媒檚 hoping to get it all the way to Tuktoyaktuk SA国际影视传媒� with a little help from his friends, of course.

SA国际影视传媒淚t will go into Lake Athabasca, from there to the Slave River and then the Slave River dumps into Great Slave Lake and then Mackenzie runs out of that,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淗opefully itSA国际影视传媒檒l get all the way to Tuk.

SA国际影视传媒淭hereSA国际影视传媒檚 a ferry there at Tsiigehtchic. They might spot it and move it along.SA国际影视传媒�

Saying he thought it would be a fun experiment, the Sangudo, Alta. trapper and firefighter cast the bottle into the Athabasca River Aug. 7.

Inside is a black plastic bag containing a loonie and a toonie, a note explaining where the bottle was first cast off and a spot to add additional names of anyone who handles it, instructions to move it further down river and WalkerSA国际影视传媒檚 contact. The 18 litre water bottle is sealed.

Walker has longstanding connections to the North. Each year he collects skating and hockey equipment for the SkateNorth program, donating gear to communities throughout the Beaufort Delta and across the Northwest Territories.

SA国际影视传媒淲e brought a bunch of equipment up,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淭hatSA国际影视传媒檚 about the 22nd time now weSA国际影视传媒檝e done it up North. ISA国际影视传媒檝e been to Nunavut, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories SA国际影视传媒� I started at Tsiigehtchic, A bunch of equipment went up to Inuvik this year, and Fort McPherson and Norman Wells.SA国际影视传媒�

Over the years, he said heSA国际影视传媒檚 made a lot of friends along the Mackenzie River, so he figured heSA国际影视传媒檇 find a fun way to say hello.

Conceding that the chances of a plastic bottle surviving moving through several high-energy river systems crossing thousands of miles are slim and the chances of someone coming across it before freeze up is also slim, Walker said he wanted to maximize his messageSA国际影视传媒檚 chances by getting the word out.

SA国际影视传媒淚 have a lot friends along there I want to touch base with,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淔erry operators and stuff like that, because theySA国际影视传媒檒l pick it up. If itSA国际影视传媒檚 floating, theySA国际影视传媒檒l see it.

SA国际影视传媒淎 guy from where I threw it off said he once saw something white floating down river and it turned out to be a propane bottle, so he picked it up. So if everybody picks it up and drops something off them from, a little memento, weSA国际影视传媒檒l have quite a bit by the time it gets up there, God willing.SA国际影视传媒�

Though water around Inuvik is already freezing, the tentative closing date for both the Mackenzie River and Peel River ferries is expected to be between Oct. 28 and Nov. 5. However, the Department of Infrastructure update issued Oct. 19 noted the ferries could close sooner if temperatures drop.