Municipality of Pictou County

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.

People are very proud of the smaller, distinct communities they’re from or grew up in, and you’ll hear the names mentioned here (and more) quite frequently.

BROADBAND INTERNET

The Municipality of Pictou County has been developing a high-speed internet network with a goal to have this service

TIP FROM THE LOCALS

offered across the entire municipality JOINING IN THE COMMUNITIES

Many of the communities listed here have community centres or organizations and community groups that gather, socialize or offer sporting, arts and culture opportunities – the county truly has it all.

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CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS

There is something nearly every week and weekend throughout the summer, including River John Festival Days and Read by the Sea, Scotsburn Winter Carnival and Pork Chop BBQ, Lismore Dinner Theatre, Black Top Ball (Ponds), Hopewell Ceilidh, Music Mountain (Thorburn), and the Blue Mountain Blueberry Festival.

HOPEWELL FOOTBRIDGE | PHOTO: ANGIE TURNER FERRIES THAT SERVE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND NOVA SCOTIA PHOTO: NORTHUMBERLAND FERRIES

ABOUT PICTOU ISLAND

• The island is off the grid: residents supply their own energy with solar power, windmills and generators • The island has its own postal code: B0K 1J0 • Supplies such as groceries or mail arrive by plane or boat • There is a ferry service that runs seasonally for anyone to visit the island

• There are a variety of small businesses on the island including camping and a winery