POPULATION: 22,000
MUNICIPALITY OF PICTOU COUNTY However you enter, you will be greeted by the Municipality of Pictou County, the largest and most sprawling of our county’s municipal units.
CHECK OUT THOSE COMMUNITIES On Highway 6 – The Sunrise Trail you can explore Caribou, Three Brooks, Toney River, Seafoam and River John. Take Highway 256, and you’ll venture through Lyons Brook, Scotsburn, West Branch and can connect to Durham. If you keep going, or from the Trans Canada Highway, you’ll find Alma, home to one of our three high schools, Northumberland Regional, and Saltsprings. Out behind Westville you’ll see Union Centre, and through Stellarton the communities of Hopewell, Eureka, Glencoe, Sunnybrae, and Plymouth. Venture through McLellan’s Brook, to Coalburn, Thorburn and Garden of Eden. From the Trans Canada in Sutherland’s River, you can take Exit 27 to French River, or along the Shore Road for a beautiful drive along the water through communities like Merigomish, Lower Barney’s River, Lismore, Ardness, Bailey’s Brook and Knoydart. Highway 348 leads you to Melmerby Beach, and through Little Harbour, Chance Harbour, Pictou Landing and Hillside. Heading across the Trenton Connector will lead you to Abercrombie and Granton. On the far side of Pictou you’ll find Braeshore and Caribou, home to Northumberland Ferries that connects our province to Prince Edward Island. Across the water is Pictou Island, a 23.75 sq-km island located four nautical miles off of Pictou County’s shoreline, which is home to a small group of year-round residents and numerous summer dwellers. In short, there are dozens of communities throughout Pictou County offering the best in people and spaces for day trips, evening drives, or a place to call home. Check out the map on page 4 to help you navigate. PHOTO: TOURISM NOVA SCOTIA
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