Pictou, a port of entry on the north coast of Nova Scotia, on a large and sheltered harbour, 85 (by rail 114) miles NNE. of Halifax. The town contains several mills and factories, and coal, mined in the vicinity, is exported. Pop. 5000.
Pictou
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 167
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