Monday, June 22, 2009

Oak Island

Saturday we visited the world famous treasure hunting site, Oak Island. The Island is normally closed to visitors but for one weekend a year, you are able to visit. This we did. Oak Island is a very interesting place, obviously settled a long time ago and today it still castes an aura of mystery. It’s easy to imagine ships from some unknown place arriving at the cove and unloading mysterious cargo.

Although after the tour I’m still not convinced that anything is hidden on the Island, it is obvious a lot of money, time and lives have been spent trying to solve this mystery.









The Beach - "I saw three ships come sailing in..."








Where one of the tunnels that floods the money pit is reputably located.









Grumpy kids posing in front of the "Money Pit"


Where the Bore Hole 10X "shaft" is located. Treasure hunters lined this hole with
steel to allow divers to descend into it.
Thinking about it though, I would say Oak Island is more closely linked with Earl Henry Sinclair, than any Pirate. Given the theory of the Castle in the Woods, located in New Ross, to which I went for a look-see... Yes, more mystery for another posting....
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