Pictou is a small a historic Town in Pictou County located along the west side of Pictou Harbour. The name is believed to be derived from the Mi’kmaq word “Piktook” meaning a large explosion, and references the noise made by large waves. It is also believed that it could be a corruption of Poictou, an old province in France. The town was laid out in 1788 and the first house was built about 1790.
Plymouth Park is a locality in Plymouth located just south of Stellarton along the East River.
Plymouth is a rural community located south of Stellarton near the East River. The communities we know as Riverton and Plymouth was originally one area and it was known as “Fish Pools” because of how splendid the trout fishing in the deep pools of the river was. An early name for the area was Irishtown until 1873 when both Irishtown and Churchtown became Plymouth.