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Pictou (/ ˈ p ɪ k t oʊ / PIK-toh; Canadian Gaelic: Baile Phiogto [5] Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk: Piktuk [6]) is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km (6 miles) north of the larger town of New Glasgow.
Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016.
The distance between the town of Pictou on the north shore, and the community of Pictou Landing to the south is about 1 km (0.62 mi). The south side of the harbour opens into the broad mouth of the East River of Pictou which flows inland through the towns of Trenton and New Glasgow.
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]
It crosses Pictou Harbour to the town of Pictou using the Harvey A. Veniot Causeway, which opened in 1968. [4] A traffic circle at the west end of Pictou, known as the Pictou Rotary, connects Highway 106 with the centre of town as well as Trunk 6 (the Sunrise Trail) and Route 376.
A map of Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area, which contains a large portion of the GTA Toronto is the central city of the Greater Toronto Area. Mississauga is the largest city in Peel Region and the second-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area. Brampton, also in Peel Region, is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area.
Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Members of the Legislative ...
The Municipality of Pictou County is a county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to about 21,000 rural residents of Pictou County , [ 1 ] but excludes the towns of New Glasgow , Stellarton , Pictou , Westville and Trenton that are administered by their own town councils.