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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.
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 .
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It is an estuary for approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) from Pictou Harbour to New Glasgow and is currently navigable for small pleasure craft for approximately 10 km (6.2 mi). The majority of the watershed is heavily forested. The lower valley, running approximately 20 km (12 mi) from Pictou Harbour experiences the majority of human impact.
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 only populated reserve of the Pictou Landing First Nation is named Fisher's Grant 24 and is located 3 km north-east of Pictou Landing. The Nova Scotia Railway reached here in 1867. It was the main route for travelers to Upper Canada in the ice-free months until the opening of the Intercolonial Railway in 1876.
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Cape John is an unincorporated area in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County.It is situated on a cape, bordered by the Northumberland Strait to the north and John Bay, the estuary of the River John, to the south.