The camera belonged to Vancouver artist Paul Burgoyne, who faced the devastating loss in 2012 when his boat, the Bootlegger,

was shipwrecked during a 500-kilometer journey from Vancouver to his summer home in Tahsis,

B.C. The camera, along with precious photos, sank with the vessel, leaving Burgoyne in disbelief.

Fast forward two years to May when Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre university students Tella Osler and Beau Doherty,

accompanied by BMSC Diving and Safety Officer Siobhan Gray, made a surprising discovery during research dives off Aguilar

Point, B.C. They found Burgoyne’s camera resting 12 meters below the surface.