Norway Point, Nova Scotia
Norway Point Geography
- Official Name: Norway Point
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Terrain Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Point
- Affiliated Town (Community): Town of Pictou
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.671053, -62.722181
Norway Point Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 7
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 086
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps:1045650062600 (Pictou), 1045650062700 (Pictou)
Norway Point is a small headland located along in Pictou that points southwards out into Pictou Harbour. It is historically known as the landing place of the ship Betsey (also sometimes called Hope in some historic literature) that brought settlers to the area from Philadelphia in 1767. Click here to read more about the Philadelphia Grant and its relevance to Pictou County history.
The Trans Canada Trail runs by the coast here into the Town of Pictou.
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