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A bottle in the Grand River that was found on Abrigador Trail in Comstock Park in 2012.

(Chris Clark | MLive.com/Grand Rapids Press file photo )

After 97 years, a message from two young Detroit girls has finally been read.

A message was found in the St. Clair River.

The letter was written by two Detroit girls, put inside a bottle capped with a cork and thrown into the St. Clair River, where it sank to the riverbed,

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he bottle was discovered last June by Dave Leander while he was diving in the river.

According to the Free Press, the bottle was “tucked in 4 to 6 inches of dirt in about 30 feet of water near where the Tashmoo steamship once docked daily, ferrying passengers to Tashmoo Park on Harsens Island at the northern end of Lake St. Clair.”

The letter — dated June 30th, 1915 — has a simple message: “Having a good time at Tashmoo,” an amusement park on Harsens Island at the northern end of Lake St. Clair.

It also includes the names of the two girls: Selina J. Pramstaller and Tillie (Matilda) Esper.

Michigan Radio talked to Leander, who said he saw the paper and writing in the bottle. He said it "was a rolled up like receipt paper, a little bit thicker than regular paper, and I could definitely see writing."

Fritz Klug is a news buzz reporter for MLive. Contact him at fklug@mlive.com or 269-370-0584. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or App.net.