Pictou County Historic Maps:
1864 Pictou Map
1864 Pictou County Map
Historical Maps are a great resource to help learn geography and history. They can be used to help locate exactly where a persons ancestors lived, as well as the layout of neighborhoods and surrounding areas, with basic topographic features at a certain point in time.
This 1864 topographical map of Pictou County, created by Ambrose F. Church, captures the county at a moment when settlement patterns, industry, and transportation routes were rapidly taking shape.
- Title: Topographical Township Map of Pictou County, Nova Scotia
- Creator(s): Ambrose F. Church
- Date: 1864
- License: Public Domain
- Source: Topographical Township Map of Pictou County
Town of Pictou Map Detail (1864 Pictou County Topographical Township Map)
The image above is a detailed sketch of the Town of Pictou in 1864 that was one of the detailed map insets included on the much larger 1864 Pictou County Topographical Township Map by Ambrose F. Church (shown below). The larger map also includes a directory containing prominent community members (clergy, blacksmiths, farmers, merchants, etc. ) from that time period for this map detail. On the full resolution copy, you can zoom into the details, read the print and see locations of buildings etc.
Ambrose F. Church was commissioned to create a series of detailed color maps, one for each of Nova Scotia’s counties. In 1864. after completing his detailed map of Halifax, he completed the topographical township map of Pictou County. His wok provides extraordinary detail, with every road, river, village, and township carefully drawn. These maps provide a rare, historic view of who settled where, and how the county was organized.
Click here to download the 1864 Pictou County Map
If the map above does not load high resolution version in your browser, then we suggest you try the Pictou – Antigonish Library online version. Once on the page look for a little arrow icon in the top right corner of the map image, this will allow you to open up a new window with a full resolution copy and zoom into any desired area.
[Image Source: Pictou Antigonish Regional Library]
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