Nova Scotia's Oak Island: The Unsolved Mystery

Jane M. Wilson is a Toronto-based chartered financial analyst in the
investment business.

No trip along Nova Scotia’s South Shore is complete without a stop at
Oak Island, between Chester and Mahone Bay. It is the site of the
world’s largest, longest, and most expensive treasure hunts. For 200
years unorthodox venture capitalists have spent millions exploring the
island in the hope of finding pirates’ treasure. Complex man-made
structures have been found at depths of 100 feet, and below these are
inexplicable tunnels. Nearby tourist attractions may be more scenic, but
few have the fascination of Oak Island. This book is a short account of
the discoveries since 1795 and of the schemes and dreams of those who
made them. It contains 18 pictures and diagrams and, most important for
the historians, travellers, and other readers who will be bitten by the
explorer’s bug, a bibliography.

This is a new edition of Oak Island, Nova Scotia, which was published
in 1984. Legal obstacles have precluded much activity outside of the
courtroom in recent years. However, this edition provides a more
scientific interpretation of the strange stone triangle, and, finally, a
practical theory that might explain the two-century-old mystery of what
is known as “The Money Pit.”