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Pictou Waterfront Map 1793

Pictou Waterfront Map 1793

This map titled “Plan of Pictou Town About 1793”, depicts the Pictou Waterfront about 20 years after the landing of the Hector. Pictou Waterfront Map 1provides a glimpse of an early layout of the Pictou Waterfront, with details including the high water mark, property boundaries, water lots, property owners’ names, and a wharf. It identifies several landowners, including Samuel Copeland, John Patterson, John Dawson, Robert Pagan, and several others.