A mystery about a strange little wooden boat that washed up on the shores of Lake Superior recently has been solved.

This past week, Duluth Public Schools' social media accounts posted a story about the boat, saying it had been found on a remote beach in the Apostle Islands:

"I am traveling to the ocean," an inscription on the underside reads. "Please put me back in the water." 

 The message also calls upon the discoverer to inform Duluth's Lakewood Elementary School about its whereabouts.

In its Facebook post, the district asks its followers to "#solveamystery," and they came through — more specifically, the very teachers who helped launch the boat some 27 years ago.

According to an update from the district, one Bonnie Fritch came forward (with photographic evidence, below), telling administrators that she and a fellow teacher launched the boat in 1993-1994 as part of a unit on "Paddle-to-the-Sea" — based on a children's book in which a small wooden boat is launched on Lake Superior.

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