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Fox Brook

in Pictou County Communities, Brook, Hydrography

Fox Brook is a small rural community located, west of Eureka, and north west of Hopewell. Country music singer George Canyon grew up in Fox Brook. It is also the name of a brook that flows from the Fox Brook area north between the towns of Stellarton and Westville and eventually into the Middle River of Pictou.

Pictou Island

in Pictou County Communities, Island, Terrain Feature

Pictou Island is an island community located in the Northumberland Strait about 7.5 km north east of Caribou Harbour. The island is mainly wooded, with several clearings, and contains a small population spread across the island.