BRITISH COLUMBIA, May 28: A routine fishing trip for 14-year-old Jamie Lee at the Comox Marina turned into an extraordinary find when he stumbled upon a wallet lost 33 years ago.

The wallet belonged to Nick Chowdhury, who recounted the fateful incident from 1991 when he had visited the marina. "One summer day, I grabbed my fishing rod and went out to the Comox Marina when the tide was low," Chowdhury recalled. "As I started walking, my wallet, which was in my front pocket, was sticking out of my shorts. So I looked at a spot and I remember holding my wallet and gently putting it down thinking 'This is the spot, I gotta remember this.'"

However, despite his efforts to remember the location, Chowdhury returned later to find his wallet missing, along with all its essential contents, including his birth certificate and social insurance card. Forced to abandon the search, he eventually purchased a replacement wallet.

Fast forward to this month, and the mystery of the lost wallet was finally solved when Jamie Lee found it buried among the rocks while fishing with friends. "I told my friends 'Guys, I just found someone's wallet,'" Lee recounted. "I picked it up, opened it and it was super crusty. There were holes in it and it was hard to open."

Despite its weathered appearance, the wallet's contents remained surprisingly intact. Recognizing the importance of the discovery, Lee reached out to Chowdhury through Facebook after finding all the identifying documents inside.

Chowdhury initially thought the message might be a scam, but his doubts were dispelled when Bill Lee, Jamie's father, sent him a photo of his old ID. The long-lost wallet had finally found its way back to its owner after more than three decades, thanks to the unexpected discovery by a young angler.