DeMille lived on Oak Island for a summer , and had firsthand knowledge of the area .
In his 1872 novel , The Treasure of the Seas , James DeMille describes being a summer resident of Chester Basin during the later 1860s .
James DeMille lived on Oak Island for a summer , and had firsthand knowledge of the area .
In his 1872 novel , The Treasure of the Seas , James DeMille describes being a summer resident of Chester Basin during the later 1860s .