• The Middle River of Pictou is a Canadian river located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The river has a meander length of approximately 37 km (23 mi) and...
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  • Middle River of Pictou West River of Pictou Big Caribou River Caribou River Toney River River John Waughs River Black River French River Dewar River Wallace...
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  • School Pictou Academy Salt Springs Elementary School Scotsburn Elementary School Thorburn Consolidated School Trenton Elementary School Trenton Middle School...
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    town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour...
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    West River of Pictou and Middle River of Pictou, both of which were navigable. The body of water immediately outside the harbour is known as the Pictou Road...
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  • community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County. It is at the headwaters of the Middle River and on the Cape Breton and Northern...
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  • Pictou Academy (PA), founded in 1815 by Dr. Thomas McCulloch, is a secondary school in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Prior to the twentieth century, it was a grammar...
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  • 12); Westville Pictou Academy (7 to 12); Pictou McCulloch Education Centre (pr to 6); Pictou River John Consolidated School (pr to 9); River John Salt Springs...
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    family of Pictou, Nova Scotia have long believed that Albert Johnson is actually Owen Albert Johnston, a relative who had left Pictou at the beginning of the...
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  • Stewiacke Valley (category Valleys of Nova Scotia)
    from western Pictou County through southern Colchester County to the Shubenacadie River. The Stewiacke River flows through the length of the valley. The...
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    northeastern part of the county near the boundary with Pictou and Guysborough counties. Rising in the Cobequid Mountains, the river runs in a southwesterly...
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    Trenton, Nova Scotia (category Communities in Pictou County)
    a town located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1786, it is situated on the east bank of the East River of Pictou. The community gained...
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  • Constitution versus HMS Pictou (1813) (February 14, 1814): U.S. frigate Constitution captured and scuttled British schooner Pictou between Barbados and Surinam...
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  • This is a list of waterfalls in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Waterfalls of Nova Scotia Except as noted, source is Mike Richard (May 30, 2019)...
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  • Norman Maclean (category American people of Canadian descent)
    farm in Marshy Hope, Pictou County, Nova Scotia where much of the community spoke Canadian Gaelic. John Maclean showed signs of academic promise and trained...
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  • Coalfield Minto Coalfield Nanaimo Coalfield Onakawana Coalfield Peace River coalfield Pictou Coalfield Princeton Coalfield St. George Coalfield St Rose-Chimney...
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    granodiorite, as well as the Red River Anorthosite Suite of Middle Proterozoic age. The Cabot Trail then follows the Grande Anse River westwards, with exposed...
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  • is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is B. Postal codes beginning with B are located within the Canadian province of Nova Scotia...
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  • Andrew’s Society of Ottawa - Ottawa, Canada St. Andrews Society of Petrolia - Petrolia, Canada St. Andrew's Society of Pictou County - Pictou County, Canada...
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    Canadian Gaelic (category Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code)
    Barney's River Poet" (Bàrd Abhainn Bhàrnaidh), after MacLean's original family homestead in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. With the end of the American War of Independence...
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    episode "Emily Goes Overboard", The 'Pictou Peaks' share their name with the historic port Town of Pictou, located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. It is believed...
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    purchase of Clearwater Seafoods, which was finalised on January 25, 2021. The group of First Nations includes Sipekne'katik, We'koqma'q, Potlotek, Pictou Landing...
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    Norman McLeod (minister) (category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen)
    to board the barque Frances Ann and set sail for the town of Pictou on the north coast of Nova Scotia. There was already a thriving Highland community...
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  • Lake (Halifax), Nova Scotia, the name of several lakes Beaver Lake (Inverness), Nova Scotia Beaver Lake (Pictou), Nova Scotia Beaver Lake (Queens), Nova...
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    Lake River Lake Rocky Lake Russell Lake Sandy Lake Second Lake Spectacle Lake Third Lake Whites Lake "Lizard Lake - CAUXS". Geographical Names Board of Canada...
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    The Maritimes (category Regions of Canada)
    spread out from the coal and steel industries of industrial Cape Breton and Pictou counties, the mixed farming of the North Shore and Annapolis Valley, and...
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    vegetation of the New England and Maritime Appalachian Highlands is similar throughout the Nova Scotia highlands including the Cobequid Hills and the Pictou-Antigonish...
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    Straumfjörð (category Sagas of Icelanders)
    Pohl, The Vikings on Cape Cod: Evidence from an Archaeological Discovery (Pictou Advocate Press, 1957) Cahill R.E., New England's Ancient Mysteries, 1993...
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    Park ship (category Maritime history of Canada)
    Two of the Park ships were lost to natural hazards and four were lost due to enemy action. One, Avondale Park, built at the Pictou Shipyard in Pictou, Nova...
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    decision, in turn, influenced the colony of Nova Scotia. In 1788, abolitionist James Drummond MacGregor from Pictou published the first anti-slavery literature...
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