Pirates Treasure on Bonaventure Island?

On May 23, 1701, in London, England, Captain Kidd was convicted and taken to the gallows to be hung for his thievery on the high seas. 

The noose was placed around his neck, and it put an end to the brief career of one of the most famous pirates in history. But the end of Kidd’s life was only the beginning of his legend, for what people remember most about him are not his adventures, but his fabled buried treasure, which many believe has never been found. 

According to some treasure hunters, he buried his loot on Gardiner’s Island, just off the eastern tip of Long Island, N.Y. But Nova Scotians claim that he buried his treasure on Oak Island. Another old story says that Kidd sailed up from Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, near Toms River, and buried his stolen riches on Money Island around 1699. 

But Captain Kidd was also known to have terrorized ships in the Gulf of St Lawrence, so it has been said that he may have buried some of his treasure on Bonaventure Island. 

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