This can buoy from Dry Tortugas National Park crossed the Atlantic and landed in France/NPS

Call it the buoy that could.

A few weeks ago a Dry Tortugas National Park can buoy painted a bright yellow turned up on the rocky coastline of Perros-Guirec in Brittany, France. Upon closer inspection, those who found the buoy spotted an identification tag on the buoy with the words “Dry Tortugas National Park” and a contact phone number that they used to report the missing buoy to the park's staff in the United States.

The boundary marker buoy had broken loose from its moorings in Dry Tortugas and had traveled on ocean currents for an adventure of more than 4,000 miles. 

Once the buoy was recovered from the shoreline, it was anchored in the miniature port of Perros-Guirec.

"The American beacon, found stranded on the Pink Granite Coast, was towed by Erwan Elliot-Saudrais and Hélène Laclaverie, the two managers of the tourist attraction. Two flags, one Breton and one American, installed at its summit recall the history of this beacon straight from Florida," according to the West France website.

The staff at Dry Tortugas takes pride in the relocated buoy.

"The buoy now proudly displays both the American and Breton flags, representing its origins and new home," the staff wrote on its Facebook page. "We are happy to see that our buoy is back in action with its own story of adventure. We see a children’s book in the making!"

The buoy now proudly displays both the American and Breton flags, representing its origins and new home/NPS