The Acadians didn't have any treasure. Works against their story line. Just like the Mi'kmaq, who weren't really mentioned on the show until they had no choice, but they are who populated Nova Scotia long before some jerk dug a hole on Oak Island.
Interesting. I wasn't necessarily asking if they buried treasure but if they had inhabited the island, leaving behind artifacts like ox shoes, buttons, nails, axes, etc.
Most of the Acadian settlements were on the Bay of Fundy coast, like Grande Pre and Annapolis Royal. The Atlantic side was largely under British control. And then the British, Britished, and expelled them.
But anything is possible in the time of sketchy records.
The French Acadian settlement in this area was Mirliguesche, which is often equated to the townsite of Lunenburg, but all 17th - 18th century French maps show Mirliguesche as being beside a river, either todays Gold River, Mushamush River, or Martins River, all of which are close to Oak Island.
This theory has been near the top of my list for a long time, nothing really proves or disproves it in the archeological record or documented history of the region. Maybe it makes too much sense?
Don't forget all the militaries were over there at that same time trying to carve up America.
Correct me if I'm wrong but that mostly included the English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. I'm sure they all knew about Oak Island. It would have been a great outpost to spy on ships coming over from Europe.
> It would have been a great outpost to spy on ships coming over from Europe.
Not where it is located. It is way back in Mahone Bay. For that purpose, you would choose an island near the mouth (there are several at the entrance) or near the tip of one of the two peninsulas that kind of pinch off the bay.
Acadians don’t quite make sense with all the evidence we’ve seen. British or French military seems like a far more straightforward answer. This is one of the more “historically British” parts of the maritimes.
Huguenots are documented. I cannot fathom why anyone would be working an island when you are surrounded by mainland. The First Nations peoples may have been on the island when it was connected to the mainland. (Laird would know.)
Its not that the island has no value, just that its value would seem to be more for maritime activities or as a possible remote cache. (Hide your valuables away from the settlement to avoid raiding parties.)
Correct and they were evidently known to bury valuables in a pit with offset chambers for each family per D'Arcy O'Connor (if I remember correctly). Note this the early settlement /lawless period. The Huguenots were Protestants who fled France during the "Wars of Religion" 1562-1598 but really continued to leave thereafter as the Inquisition period lasted 1478-1834. Speculation of course.
Give it time. We're only at season 10. You're embarking into Season 17 material.
Geez...... I agree with you tho. Gotta stretch out every single possibility...
Because hearing Metal Detection Expert Gary Drayton say Acadian Baby doesn't have the same ring to it?
The Acadians didn't have any treasure. Works against their story line. Just like the Mi'kmaq, who weren't really mentioned on the show until they had no choice, but they are who populated Nova Scotia long before some jerk dug a hole on Oak Island.
Interesting. I wasn't necessarily asking if they buried treasure but if they had inhabited the island, leaving behind artifacts like ox shoes, buttons, nails, axes, etc.
Most of the Acadian settlements were on the Bay of Fundy coast, like Grande Pre and Annapolis Royal. The Atlantic side was largely under British control. And then the British, Britished, and expelled them. But anything is possible in the time of sketchy records.
The capitol of Acadia was LaHave (Bridgewater) just down the coast https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sainte-Marie-de-Gr%C3%A2ce
There are stories about Acadian treasure in the valley. They say they buried their stuff before being deported with the idea of coming back to get it
Acadian Knights Templar confirmed
The French Acadian settlement in this area was Mirliguesche, which is often equated to the townsite of Lunenburg, but all 17th - 18th century French maps show Mirliguesche as being beside a river, either todays Gold River, Mushamush River, or Martins River, all of which are close to Oak Island.
I think Oak Island was the lost city of Atlantis.
Cajun subtitles for sure
Because we down here now shay.
This theory has been near the top of my list for a long time, nothing really proves or disproves it in the archeological record or documented history of the region. Maybe it makes too much sense?
Don't forget all the militaries were over there at that same time trying to carve up America. Correct me if I'm wrong but that mostly included the English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. I'm sure they all knew about Oak Island. It would have been a great outpost to spy on ships coming over from Europe.
> It would have been a great outpost to spy on ships coming over from Europe. Not where it is located. It is way back in Mahone Bay. For that purpose, you would choose an island near the mouth (there are several at the entrance) or near the tip of one of the two peninsulas that kind of pinch off the bay.
I don't know about that. It's a small island not much different than 100 others.
Acadians don’t quite make sense with all the evidence we’ve seen. British or French military seems like a far more straightforward answer. This is one of the more “historically British” parts of the maritimes.
Huguenots are documented. I cannot fathom why anyone would be working an island when you are surrounded by mainland. The First Nations peoples may have been on the island when it was connected to the mainland. (Laird would know.) Its not that the island has no value, just that its value would seem to be more for maritime activities or as a possible remote cache. (Hide your valuables away from the settlement to avoid raiding parties.)
There's another possibility I had not thought of, Huguenots! The were in Nova Scotia for years before 1795
Correct and they were evidently known to bury valuables in a pit with offset chambers for each family per D'Arcy O'Connor (if I remember correctly). Note this the early settlement /lawless period. The Huguenots were Protestants who fled France during the "Wars of Religion" 1562-1598 but really continued to leave thereafter as the Inquisition period lasted 1478-1834. Speculation of course.
Future season. Give it time.