Isle Haute, Bay of Fundy

Much Sought Treasure Trove Believed Buried In Lake On Island In Bay Of Fundy.

Captain Kidd’s treasure is now being sought at the Isle Haute off Harborville. The plan is to put in a sluice to drain a small lake on the island so that the supposed wealth of gold and jewels may be recovered. While a vigorous search is being made by a syndicate at Oak Island, Lunenburg Co., for the same treasure, Dougald Carmichael of Advocate, Cumberland Co., is making plans to prosecute operations at Isle Haute. It is reported that a marble slab bearing a chart of the lake and certain specifications are now held by a bank in St. John, until a disagreement between Carmichael and a man named McCready is settled.

A well informed and responsible citizen of Harborville declares his faith in the Isle Haute project and believes that ere long Kidd’s treasures, which he declares total in value several million pounds sterling, will be taken from this lake.

The story as told by Mr. Carmichael is most interesting. The advocate man is 82 years of age and at one time was station master at Hampton, N. B. He was in the Northwest rebellion and was wounded, and was a visitor to Vancouver when that city was nothing but a camping site. Mr. Carmichael first learned of the alleged Kidd treasure being on Isle Haute from ancestors who are said to have secured first hand information from a member of Kidd’s crew. The sailor is said to have declared that he saw the gold and jewels landed and placed in the lake, which was then scheduled two fathoms deep. With a man named McCready, Mr. Carmichael started for Isle Haute to reclaim the treasure. Their efforts failed because of the water and sand that drifted into the lake and buried the chest of gold and jewels, it is believed. Some of these jewels came from South America, he declares and he refuses to allow a steam shovel to be used to dredge the lake in fear that some of these valuable jewels might be damaged.

Many years ago a builder of the light-house on the island, while walking on the beach, stepped on a marble slab. This attracted his attention and he stopped to turn the slab over. It was cut three-cornered shape and on the reverse side was inscribed in old English letters the words, “R. Kidd 5 fathoms east and two fathoms deep.” This slab is shaped exactly like the lake on the island declares Mr. Carmichael. It may be seen by anyone going to the Bank of Montreal in Saint John.

The inscription on the slab tallied exactly with the location said to have been told by the member of Kidd’s crew to Mr. Carmichael’s ancestor.

In a few weeks operations are expected to be carried out at this place and Mr. Carmichael believes that the hopes of his whole life time will be realized.