A postcard from his daughter sparked an extraordinary idea for Canadian fisherman and carpenter Édouard T. Arsenault, who transformed his retirement hobby into one of Prince Edward Island's most unusual attractions. In the summer of 1979, Arsenault received a postcard from his daughter Réjeanne showing a glass attraction she had visited on Vancouver Island. The image stayed with him and inspired him to start collecting empty bottles around his community.
Over the next several years, the retired fisherman turned those discarded bottles into three remarkable structures. More than 25,000 recycled glass bottles were eventually incorporated into the Bottle Houses in Cap-Egmont, Prince Edward Island.
