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Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure

Third Edition

by (author) Graham Harris & Les MacPhie

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Apr 2013
Category
General, Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Colonial Period (1600-1775)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780887809927
    Publish Date
    Mar 2011
    List Price
    $18.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887806728
    Publish Date
    Oct 2005
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887804922
    Publish Date
    Jan 1999
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459505728
    Publish Date
    Apr 2019
    List Price
    $24.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459502598
    Publish Date
    Apr 2013
    List Price
    $22.95

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Description

Civil engineers Graham Harris and Les MacPhie have spent over a decade investigating the enigma of Nova Scotia's Oak Island. In this new edition of their book, they set out the previously unknown story of how complex and expensive engineering work was undertaken to create an elaborate flood tunnel on the island. Built to frustrate treasure seekers attempting to get at the valuables buried decades earlier at the bottom of the island's Money Pit, the tunnel has admirably served its purpose. It has ensured that all efforts up to now to recover the treasure have been unsuccessful.

Oak Island poses two different challenges for treasure seekers. There is a deep mine shaft, at the bottom of which the treasure lies. The authors offer evidence that this treasure came from the wreck of a Spanish galleon in the seventeenth century.

Even more mystifying than the mine shaft is the complex tunnel which links it to the ocean. Harris and MacPhie have determined that the project would have required a labour force of over 100 men to supplement a small force of experienced miners. The work would have taken almost two years to complete. In new chapters written for this edition, they present the evidence they have discovered in British military history records which shows who commanded this force, how it reached Nova Scotia, and when the work was carried out.

The new facts and insights offered in this book are a startling and convincing addition to the history of Oak Island.

 

About the authors

Graham Harris is a retired civil engineer living in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island. He has authored a number of articles and books of a technical and historical nature, including The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: A Geotechnical Perspective, which was the basis for a recent BBC documentary, and Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure.

Graham Harris' profile page

LES MacPHIE has been involved in many major engineering and mining projects in Canada`s Maritime provinces, elsewhere in Canada and internationally. Born in Cape Breton, he lives in Montreal.

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Editorial Reviews

The research behind Oak Island is thorough and the various theories, backed by inticate detail, make a compelling read.

Atlantic Books Today

"If you want the nitty gritty of treasure hunting, with a wealth of facts on each of the dozen of shafts that have been sunk into the Swiss cheese of this island, you will be enthralled by Harris and MacPhie's lenghthier tome."

Atlantic Books Today

"...the best single book I have yet read on the mystery of Oak Island."
"a must read."

BILK, Germany

"Oak Island and Its Lost Treasures is a highly readable book."

Canadian Book Review Annual

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