Wild Rose Park, located in Western Shore and provides wounderful views of the waters of Mahone Bay as well as Oak Island.
Oak Island - Contained on one of more than 300 islands in the bay, near the community of Western Shore is the world’s Longest running and most famous treasure hunt, Oak Island.
It's a mystery of Oak Island is known around the world.
The fascination with Oak Island began in 1795. A teenaged Daniel McGuinnis found a circular depression on the ground and a tackle block hanging from a nearby tree. That's when he and his friends grabbed picks and shovels and started digging on the tiny island - one of hundreds along the coastline in Lunenburg County. Mysterious stone structures, incredible underground evidence, deposits of Coconut fiber and more have made Oak Island one of the "Seven Wonders" of the South Shore of Nova Scotia.
They gave up after digging down thirty feet, but the mystery has grown as subsequent treasure seekers went deeper, and deeper.
The Oak Island Money Pit is the site of the world's longest running hunt for lost treasure, and the hunt is on again!
July 15, 2010: After a two year halt, the team have finally been granted a Treasure Trove Licence allowing them to continue their search for treasure on Oak Island. Find out more about the treasure hunt.
For hundreds of years, treasure hunters have ventured to Nova Scotia, Canada and tried to recover the treasure lies in tyhe Money Pit, protected by a series of ingeneous traps. As treasure hunters have attempted to recover the bounty from the Money Pit, cleverly engineered flood tunnels flood the shaft with sea water.
Strange man made artefacts have been recovered from the pit over the years, but to this day, the treasure still remains buried. Pirates, the Knights Templar or Francis Bacon - no one is sure exactly who created this mysterious Money Pit or why. With excavations now taking place, discover the World's greatest treasure hunt for yourself.
So. Where did this amazing story of lost treasure originate? Begin your quest for the treasure by exploreing our website!
You can find out more on the Friends of Oak Island website. http://www.friendsofoakisland.com/
