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About Pictonians

in Pictou County Books, Pictou County History

In About Pictonians James Cameron details some of the historical aspects of Pictou County, focusing on some interesting personalities of a former day people from Pictou County including entertainers, educationists and business men. This book is a celebration of the spirit of Pictou County and its people, and a great opportunity to enrich your understanding of some of its heritage.

Baileys Brook

in Pictou County Communities, Brook, Hydrography

Baileys Brook is a rural community located south of the Ponds. The area was once referred to as Upper Bailey’s Brook named after John Baillie, a disbanded soldier from the 82nd Regiment, who settled at the mouth of Bailey’s Brook about 1788.

It is also the name of a brook that flows from the community of Baileys Brook north through the community of Lismore into the Northumberland Strait.