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Did the Historical Society of Nova Scotia have the Oak Island 90 Foot Stone?
Letter written to Frederick Blair from Rev. A. T. Kempton about, among other things, the 90 Foot Stone By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse InvestigationsOak Island's famous Inscribed Stone, said to have been...
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Nova Scotia Bureau of Information: Oak Island
Oak Island Treasure Pit Ainslee's Magazine 1899 By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations Sometimes the hours a person spends sifting through the archives produces big revelations or rewards, and...
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"Tool Handles" in the 10X Cavity?
By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia, Canada Back on April 13th 2016, we brought you an article titled, Doctor Schmalz and his enhanced images of 10X video, which took a look at...
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What was the Mysterious Object found on Oak Island?
By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations A couple of months ago some old Oak Island documents appeared for sale on eBay. They were associated with the Sprague and Henwood company, who carried out...
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Archaeological Discoveries Deep in the Money Pit- Part 1
By John Wonnacott and Les MacPhie, May 2016 The 1967 Becker Program “Who or what the heck is a Becker?”, you are probably asking. Well it’s the name of a drilling company and also a special type of...
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Tracking Oak Island treasure. Following the Smith family.
Diaries of John Smith's Grandson by Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock - Blockhouse InvestigationsWas treasure ever found on Oak Island in the early years? We can't answer that yet. However, it is safe to...
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U-Shaped Structure - Dendrochronology Update
Photo courtesy of Mistik Askiwin Dendrochronology Laboratory (MAD Lab), University of Saskatchewan by John Wonnacott, P. Eng - Contributing Writer Last February we published “The U-shaped Structure...
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Archaeological Discoveries Deep in the Money Pit - Part 2
By John Wonnacott and Les MacPhiePart 2 – Interpretation of Findings 1. Introduction Important archaeological discoveries were made after the Becker drilling program described in Part 1...
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UPDATE: The mysterious 'lost' inscribed Ardoise Stone of Hants County
UPDATE: Blockhouse Investigations believes in accurate reporting and giving credit where credit is due. Since we first brought you this story we've learned that we aren't the first or only party to...
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The Hidden Shaft found by Blankenship
by Doug Crowell and Kel HancockIn our research into the items and artifacts found over the years on Oak Island in search of treasure, we stumbled onto a possible reason for the stone triangle that...
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Oak Island Report
Excerpt from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Oak Island Hydrogeology, Hydrography and Nearshore Morphology July - August 1995 Field Observations by Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock - Blockhouse...
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A Piece of the Stone
By Doug Crowell and Kel HancockA recent trip to the Truro Archives turned up a piece of possible evidence in our hunt for the Inscribed Stone, said to have been taken out of Oak Island's Money Pit...
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Oak Island's Cave-In Pit; Original Works or Searchers Work?
March Survey overlay on Google Earth by Doug Crowell and Kel HancockThe so called Cave-in Pit on Mahone Bay's famous Oak Island has long been thought to be part of the original treasure works. This...
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Early Portuguese settlement in Nova Scotia
Portuguese Explorers Monument in Halifax, Nova Scotia By Doug Crowell and Kel HancockOn the Halifax waterfront in Nova Scotia, there is a little known monument to the first European settlers in Nova...
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Carbon Dates for various Oak Island Artifacts
By Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock Radiocarbon (C-14) dating is one of the most reliable of all the radiometric dating methods. It has been utilized to scientifically test organic Oak Island artifacts...
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Oak Island Dry-dock Theory
by Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock - Blockhouse InvestigationsThere have been questions posed in the past as to whether or not there was a Windmill on Oak Island. I had never heard of one, nor had I...
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George Bates Maps - Oak Island Dry-Dock Theory update
by Doug Crowell and Kel HancockOur last article featured a map created by George Bates, in which his theory that Oak Island was the site of a windmill powered dry-dock was illustrated and explained....
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Templeman in Chester, Nova Scotia
by Doug Crowell - Blockhouse InvestigationsThis article is just to quickly relate an observation made from perusing the Parish Registers of Nova Scotia. A link to these archives was recently shared...
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Shake-Speare's Tomb on Oak Island: D. J. Hansen Letter
By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse InvestigationsMany people are likely aware of the theories that connect Shakespeare, the prolific English poet, playwright, and author, known as The Bard of Avon, to Oak...
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Cavities under and around Oak Island
By Doug CrowellAs recent episodes of the Curse Of Oak Island television show focus on exploring a cavity in the bedrock under the Money Pit area, we have taken a look at other cavities that have been...
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Sam Ball's Hook Island
By Doug CrowellRecent episodes of History Channel's popular television show, Curse of Oak Island, have highlighted former island resident Samuel Ball and his various land holdings. One of these...
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Oak Island was a dangerous place for pirates
By Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock, Blockhouse Investigations Oak Island Visitor's Permit Notice - R.V. Harris Fonds (MG1 Vol. 384) Oak Island has attracted tourists to the island since the day knowledge...
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The La Formule Cipher Investigation
By Doug CrowellI am going to deviate from posting our usual historical Oak Island content for a moment. I would like to use this blog article to address the speculation that has swirled around the...
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Smith's Cove Box Drains: Oak Island
by Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock, Blockhouse InvestigationsLet us start by apologizing for the sparse postings on our blog the last few months. You may be happy to know that the reason for the lack of...
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Tracking Jeremiah Rogers, Privateer, to Oak Island
November 27, 2017 - by Doug CrowellOwner of Lot 27 on Oak Island, Jeremiah Rogers may have also been a privateer like Captain James Anderson, who owned adjacent Lot 26. Captain Jeremiah Rogers was...
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