<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Demographics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Population </Th> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <P> Oak Island is a 57 - hectare (140 - acre) privately owned island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada . The tree - covered island is one of about 360 small islands in Mahone Bay and rises to a maximum of 11 metres (36 feet) above sea level . The island is located 200 metres (660 feet) from shore and connected to the mainland by a causeway and gate . The island is best known for various theories about possible buried treasure or historical artifacts, and the associated exploration . </P> <P> The nearest community is the rural community of Western Shore which faces the island, while the nearest town is Chester . The earliest European residents of the area were French fishermen who, by the 1750s, had built a few houses on the future site of Chester . Following the Expulsion of the Acadians during the Seven Years' War, the British government of Nova Scotia enacted a series of measures to encourage settlement of the area by the European - descended New Englanders . Land was made available to settlers in 1759 through the Shorham grant . Chester was officially founded that same year . </P>

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