# Smith's Cove timber structure and drains

> MacPhie and Wonnacott, who believe the flood tunnel is man-made, concluded that the north arm of the timber structure is searchers' work and its east…

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# Smith's Cove timber structure and drains

ObjectpublisherDrains reported 1850 by the Truro Company

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://web.archive.org/web/20240121040916/https://www.oakislandtours.ca/uploads/5/0/8/8/50887171/a02_smiths_cove_oak_island_les_m_aug_2006.pdf).

MacPhie and Wonnacott, who believe the flood tunnel is man-made, concluded that the north arm of the timber structure is searchers' work and its east side and south arm probably are too, so the timbers cannot date any original work. They suggest the U-shaped structure follows the line of the 1866 cofferdam. No laboratory dating report for any Smith's Cove timber has been published.

Les MacPhie and John Wonnacott (compiling earlier photographs and survey plans), 1850. publisher

## Copies 1

**Photo** Les MacPhie and John Wonnacott (compiling earlier photographs and survey plans) · web.archive.org · 2006-08-12 · publisherPrimary source: [Review of Explorations, Archaeological Findings and Original Workings at Smith's Cove, Oak Island, Nova Scotia](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D52WSKE34JZ/review-of-explorations-archaeological-findings-and-original)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://web.archive.org/web/20240121040916/https://www.oakislandtours.ca/uploads/5/0/8/8/50887171/a02_smiths_cove_oak_island_les_m_aug_2006.pdf)

## Where it is kept

[Smith's Cove](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D52WTAW3PR4/smiths-cove) · Cove and beach

## Sources 2

- [Review of Explorations, Archaeological Findings and Original Workings at Smith's Cove, Oak Island, Nova Scotia](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D52WSKE34JZ/review-of-explorations-archaeological-findings-and-original)_SRC_
- [The Oak Island Diggings](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D52WP62302N/the-oak-island-diggings)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Smith's Cove timber structure and drains [Artifact ART0D52XZP607A7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D52XZP607A7
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in place at Smith's Cove (Oak Island Tours Inc., licensee)

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drains reported 1850 by the Truro Company; U-shaped timber structure, log ramp and boards exposed in the 1970 cofferdam excavation and surveyed by Bates

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[Smith's Cove](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D52WTAW3PR4/smiths-cove)

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