Pictou
Pictou is a small town of 3,200 people in Pictou County, Nova Scotia on the north-western shore of a natural harbour. It is most well-known for its claim to be the birthplace of new Scotland after the landing of the first settlers to come to Nova Scotia directly from Scotland in 1773.Photo: Phil Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: André Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pictou
- Type: Town with 3,190 residents
- Description: town in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Category: locality
- Location: Northumberland Shore, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.6777° or 45° 40' 40" northLongitude
-62.7082° or 62° 42' 30" westPopulation
3,190Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA PTOOpen Location Code
87QVM7HR+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 2474645423OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6104221Wikidata ID
Q1018711Pictou Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Asturian: Pictou
- Atikamekw: Pictou
- Catalan: Pictou
- Cebuano: Pictou
- Chinese: 皮克图
- Czech: Pictou
- Dutch: Pictou
- Estonian: Pictou
- French: Pictou
- German: Pictou
- Italian: Pictou
- Japanese: ピクトゥー
- Japanese: ピクトウ
- Japanese: ピクトー
- Persian: پیکتو
- Polish: Pictou (miasto)
- Polish: Pictou
- Portuguese: Pictou
- Russian: Пикту
- Scottish Gaelic: Baile Phiogto
- Scottish Gaelic: Phictou
- Scottish Gaelic: Pictou
- Scottish Gaelic: Piogto
- Slovenian: Pictou
- Swedish: Pictou
- Ukrainian: Пікту
Other Places Named Pictou
In the Area
Pictou is situated close to the neighbourhood Victory Heights and the locality Browns Point.
- Pictou LandingLocality
- Pictou LandingVillage
- HaliburtonLocality
- HaliburtonHamlet
- Bay ViewLocality
- Central CaribouLocality, 3½ km north
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Pictou. Photo: André Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 2.0.