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American mails leftover Canadian five dollar bill to woman in the Northwest Territories

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A woman living in the remote Northwest Territory village of Fort Simpson received a pleasant surprise via a mysterious letter in the mail.

Beth Jumbo, Senior Administrative Officer of Fort Simpson, posted this photo to Imgur of a letter from someone going by the name “Brian in Boston” containing a Canadian five dollar bill and a personalized message.

The note was sent to Beth because Brian was sick and tired of this particular piece of Canadian currency and wanted to give it a good home.

“We don’t know each other. My name is Brian,” the letter begins.

“I went to Quebec City about 5 years ago and had a great time. It was a really lovely city. When I [was] crossing back over the boarder [sic] returning to the U.S. (to Boston where I’m from) I still had a 5 dollar Canadian note.”

Turns out Brian kept that piece of Canadian tender in his wallet all those years, and not only did it wear away over time, but he also kept mistaking it for an American bill.

“And quite frankly it’s really annoying,” he writes.

Rather than throw the bill away he decided to instead mail it to someone in the Great White North.

“But I don’t know anyone in Canada, so I decided to find a more remote place using Google maps and see if I could find a name and address. And there you were, Senior Administrative Office of Fort Simpson,” he writes.

“So please enjoy this 5 dollar note!”

Brian from Boston certainly did choose a rather isolated part of the country for his random act of currency kindness.

With a population of just over 1,250 people, the village of Fort Simpson is so far north that Brian from Boston would have to drive approximately 5,596 km to hand deliver his letter, or about 52 hours depending on traffic.