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Intrepid diver tells his 10x tale 

By Kel Hancock and Doug Crowell- Blockhouse Investigations- Nova Scotia Lieutenant Commander Alan Sagar, RCN    You never know what you might find when searching through archives for information on...

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Does science support a man-made flood tunnel on Oak Island?

Smith's Cove, Oak Island, Nova Scotia by Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia There has long been an argument over whether the supposed man-made flood tunnels on Oak Island are real...

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Missing! An investigative report into Oak Island's long lost 90 Foot Stone...

1979 artist's conception of the 90 Foot Stone by Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova ScotiaIn Part 1 of this special series, we related the story of the discovery of the inscribed stone...

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What is the u-shaped structure in Oak Island's Smith's Cove? 

Numbered Notches in U-Shaped Structure at Smith's Cove. Photo courtesy of Les MacPhie. by John Wonnacott - Contributing Writer    In 1970, David Tobias and Dan Blankenship built a temporary earthfill...

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Did dowsing discoveries lead Dan to dig 10x?

Dowsing for metal ore, from the 1556 book "De re metallica libri XII" by Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia  We've often heard it said that Dan Blankenship chose the spot to sink...

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Old, "true", magazine sheds more light on Oak Island curse legend

Robert Restall - True Magazine 1967 by Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia  In any investigation a new development can arise giving us reason to revisit a topic...

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On the trail of Oak Island's Lieutenant Daniel Vaughan

By John Wonnacott- Contributing Writer- for oakislandcompendium.ca    It's now generally known that the story of how the Money Pit was discovered on Oak Island by three boys who rowed out to an...

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Frog Island, just a short hop from Oak Island

by Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia, Canada   On Saturday August 30th 1862 a schooner by the name of Good Intent arrived at Oak Island, carrying William Smith, superintendent of...

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10X, Glacial Till and Dan Henskee

By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia  Borehole 10X has received a lot of attention during the last couple of seasons of History Channel's Curse of Oak Island television series, as...

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Oak Island Mystery: When the last live-oak dies...

Smith's Cove, Oak Island, circa 1909 By Doug Crowell -Blockhouse Investigations - Nova ScotiaIn the October 13th 1934 issue of the Toronto Star Weekly, a Canadian periodical published from 1910 until...

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Do ice holes on Oak Island's south shore hint at flood traps?

Ice Holes off of Oak Island's south shore. Photo courtesy of Les McPhie  By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia   In February of 1979, a prolonged spell of bitter cold weather...

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Missing! An investigative report into Oak Islands long lost 90 foot stone...

By Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock - Blockhouse InvestigationsIn the summer of 2015, we found a picture in the Creighton Family Archives at Dalhousie University that was labeled as A & H Creightons....

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Searching for the Full History of the 90 Foot Stone...

By Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock - Blockhouse Investigations  There are so many minor puzzles within the greater Oak Island Treasure mystery that it seems as if a researcher will never run out of...

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A Halloween ghost story about the Oak Island treasure

Seeking Treasure on Oak Island Postcard by Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations  In our last article we related the results of our search for an article about the full history of the 90 Foot...

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Unsung Hero: The James Kaizer Story (Oak Island 1960s)

Jim Kaizer. Photo courtesy of Paul Troutman The following article is written by long time Oak Island researcher, and former Oak Island tour guide, Danny Hennigar, and it will become part of the...

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10X - Some inconvenient facts

Dan Blankenship preparing blasting charge by John Wonnacott P. Eng. - Contributing Writer  The bedrock cavity at the bottom of 10X is definitely man-made, but that doesn’t mean what you might think....

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Escape from 10X.  A close call on Oak Island.

By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia  Most people with an interest in the Oak Island mystery are familiar with Dan Blankenship's narrow escape from being entombed, or worse, more...

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The Knights Templar and Oak Island

By Alessandra Nadudvari  For over 200 years, Oak Island has mystified the general public and defied scores of treasure hunters. Vast sums of money have been pumped into it, lives and fortunes have...

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Doctor Schmalz and his enhanced images of 10X video

By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations - Nova Scotia, Canada  In an Extended White Paper sent to David Tobias, of Triton Alliance, from Doctor Mark Schmalz and Doctor Gerhard Ritter, dated...

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The Professor and the Stone.

Professor James Liechti. By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations  Meet Professor James Liechti; the man said to have deciphered the symbols on Oak Island's 90 Foot Stone.  He was never identified...

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