The West River of Pictou is one of the major rivers flowing through Pictou County, featuring remarkable historical, ecological, and recreational value.. It originates around the Lansdowne area and flows north emptying into Pictou Harbour, and then eventually into the Northumberland Strait.
Scotsburn is a rural community located west of Durham and south of Heathbell. It was once known as known as Rogers Hill but was renamed by an Act of Parliament in 1867. It was called Rogers Hill after John Rogers (one of the settlers to arrive from Philadelphia) whose farm lot was here in the late 1700’s. The name was proposed by Hugh Ross whose birth place in Scotland, was named Scotsburn, meaning “Brook of the Scots.”
The rural community of Durham is located west of Sylvester. It was named after the Earl of Durham (Governor-General of of British North America) in 1838., and was previously known as West River.
The 1879 Green Hill Map (Section 8) highlights basic topographic features of the community along with with cadastral data of prominent land owners, locations of buildings and many other details. It also featured the communities of Durham and Loch Broom.
The 1879 Durham Map is one of the many maps included in the 1879 Historical Atlas of Pictou County.
Mineral Resource Land Use Map 011E10 for New Glasgow Area. Find out how to download or view this map online …
The 1864 Durham map shown here is a detailed sketch from the much larger 1864 Pictou County Topographical Township Map created by Ambrose F. Church. The map captures the county at a moment when settlement patterns, industry, and transportation routes were rapidly taking shape. It includes administrative boundaries, communities, roads, railroads, and many other topographical features of the late 1800s. Browse this map detail online and …
Ambrose F. Church was commissioned by the Province 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. The map also includes several detailed inset maps (featuring Durham, Hopewell, Albion Mines now Stellarton, Pictou, and New Glasgow) as well as several small directories of prominent community members (clergy, blacksmiths, farmers, merchants, etc. ). Browse this historic map online …