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Oak Island, Nova Scotia, seen from the water (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)
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The Island

Geography, key locations, structures, and the physical features of Oak Island.

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Oak Island Has Opened to the Public: How to Visit

Oak Island Has Opened to the Public: How to Visit

Oak Island reopened to visitors after six years closed. Drive across the causeway, park on the island, and visit the ...

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A small island (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

A small island

From the Money Pit to Nolan's Cross. Every corner tells a story on 140 acres of secrets.

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Oak Island from the air

Oak Island Through Time

The island from the air across the decades, from the earliest aerial photographs to today.

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Mahone Bay: History of the Waters That Hold Oak Island

Mahone Bay: History of the Waters That Hold Oak Island

Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, holds Oak Island on its southern shore. The bay's history runs from 13,500 years of Mi'kmaw ...

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Oak Island, Ghost Island (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

Oak Island, Ghost Island

Oak Island ghosts: a black dog with fiery eyes, soldiers at Smith's Cove, phantom fires, and Marty Lagina's blood-cur...

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Oak Island and the Tourism Boom (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

Oak Island and the Tourism Boom

A television show about a hole in the ground turned a quiet Nova Scotia island into one of Canada's most sought-after...

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The Treasure and the Law: The Oak Island Treasure Act (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

The Treasure and the Law: The Oak Island Treasure Act

Oak Island is the only place in Canada with its own treasure-hunting law. Three acts, seven decades of bureaucracy, a...

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Interactive map of Oak Island locations and features

The Interactive Map

Shafts, boreholes, finds, and features, placed where the record puts them.

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Interactive map of Oak Island lot ownership through history

Who Owned Oak Island

Every lot and every recorded owner, mapped across the island from the first survey to the present day.

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