The Pictou County Directory is an interesting historic book that contains listings of residents (often including their occupations, communities and streets locations) and businesses in Pictou County during the year 1914. Great genealogy resource if you are looking for particular family names.
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The book Pictou County’s History published by Pictou County Historical Society details over 200 years of Pictou County history, including some of the significant people, politicians, churches, ships and seamen, industry, the towns, the communities, place names, and more.
It provides readers with an excellent overview of the past, and is a great companion and follow up read to some of the other various books available that detail Pictou County over time. Find out how to read this book online for free …
Along the shore of Little Harbour, Pictou County provides a brief history and insights into the communities of Andersons Mountain, Black Point, Boat Harbour, Chance Harbour, Kings Head, Little Harbour and Woodburn. Download or read it free online.
The act of identifying a place is a powerful tool that allows us to recognize and navigate our surroundings. Place names can serve as landmarks, helping to connect us to the landscapes we call home. Canada has about 350,000 official place names, that include names of populated places, water bodies and geographical features, with a variety of origins, including descriptive features, Indigenous origin, people and religions.
A History of the County of Pictou was written by Rev. George Patterson and originally published in 1877. It provides a details of early settlement and history with over 300 pages, including an index of subjects and prominent people from that era. As one of the earliest comprehensive histories of the region, it preserves many historic details that may have otherwise been lost. This is a great free resource for people from Pictou County. or anyone interested in the history of Pictou County.
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Frank Calder who grew up in Springville, provides an extensive history with interesting stories dating back to 1780 when the area was settled mostly by immigrants from Scotland, seeking a better life as Scottish lairds abandoned most of their people following the battle of Culloden.
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The Pictou County Postcards Collection (pictoupostcards.com) showcases various historic postcards that were available in shops throughout Pictou County, during the Edwardian Era (about 1900 to 1919).
Need to keep the family busy, or just looking for some things to do? Great resource for current activities happening, is Whats Up Pictou County Events website