Daniel McGinnis finds a depression on Oak Island
- When
- 1795
- Where
- Oak Island, Nova Scotia
The most widely held story holds that McGinnis found a ground depression in summer 1795 while seeking a farm location; another version places the find on a fishing expedition.
According to the most widely held discovery story, Daniel McGinnis found a depression in the ground in the summer of 1795 while looking for a location for a farm. A differing rendering states that McGinnis first found the depression in 1795 while on a fishing expedition. The depression became associated with the original shaft dug by early explorers, known as the money pit, whose location is unknown today.
Sources
- Oak Island mystery Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-23
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