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Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southeastern Ontario, roughly 160 km (99 mi) east of Toronto. [2] It is the county's largest community and former seat located at the southwestern end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte , which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario . [ 3 ]
The Picton Borough Council was established in 1876 to govern the town. The borough council was abolished as part of the 1989 local government reforms, and Picton became part of the Marlborough District. [7] For electoral purposes, Picton is part of the Marlborough Sounds ward, which elects three of the council's thirteen councillors.
The Borough of Picton became the Municipality of Picton on 31 December 1906 with the passing of the Local Government Extension Act, 1906. [21] The Picton Municipal Council held a voluntary poll on 1 April 1939, at the request of residents, on the question of the union of the Picton Municipality and the Wollondilly Shire. [22]
Cesar Picton (c. 1755 – 1836), from slave to successful businessman in England; James Picton (1805–1889), Liverpool architect; James Allanson Picton (1832–1910), British author, philosopher and politician; Thomas Picton (1758–1815), Welsh general who led British forces in the Peninsular War; Chris Picton (born 1983), an Australian ...
Thomas Picton was the seventh of 12 children of Thomas Picton (1723–1790) of Poyston Hall, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and his wife, Cecil née Powell (1728–1806). [9] He was born in Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire on (probably) 24 August 1758. [ 1 ]
In 1859 Picton was re-interred in ... The 162-hectare (400-acre) property was taken up in 1822 by George Harper, natural history collector, settler, noted Scottish ...
The Picton–Mittagong line was opened in February 1867 as part of the Main South line. [1] [2] The line ran north-northwest from Picton, over the Picton Viaduct, across the Great South Road before heading northwest through a 180-metre (590 ft) tunnel in the Redbank Range. The track then turns southwest.
Picton is a small town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wollondilly Shire, in south-western Sydney. The town is located approximately 90 kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, close to Camden and Campbelltown .