Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (urban legend)

The Money Pit of Oak Island

Folklore — not a documented case

On little Oak Island in Canada, a mysterious pit found in 1795 is said to hide a great treasure and a curse that guards it.

Small and wooded Oak Island, in Mahone Bay in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, has been at the centre of a treasure legend for more than two centuries. According to the tales, in 1795 some young men visiting the island found a spot beside an old oak tree where the ground had sunk into a hollow. The hole would later become known as the Money Pit.

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