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Preserving and sharing the history, stories, places and people of Pictou Island.

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This Week in Pictou Island History

1827

59 residents and 116 cultivated acres

Published Island-level data records 59 residents, 116 cultivated acres and mixed crops and livestock. It is 1827 data published by Haliburton in 1829, not an 1828 census.

From the Island’s history. This account is dated to a year or period, rather than this calendar week.

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Historic Factory Road — Factory Road · Island working-life context; not a photograph of the dated event. · Ray Hayman / PIHS collection

Asadalia and Asadalia Reef — 1827

A shipping notice and a remembered reef name preserve different parts of the Island’s maritime history.

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Pictou Island East End in 1983 — East End landscape in 1983; not an identified wreck site. · Andrea Rankin Sibley collection

Featured Exhibit

Living by the Strait

Transportation, communication and daily life across the water

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Living by the Strait — Preserved Island iceboat in its museum display · PIHS-supplied photograph; marked woodentents

An Island life

Archibald Sutherland

As a student minister, Archibald Sutherland became an important advocate and organizer for a permanent church on Pictou Island.

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The Historical Map

Shipwrecks & Strandings

Explore the confirmed and source-qualified vessel stories around the Island.

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PIHS interpretive Shipwrecks and Strandings poster — Modern PIHS interpretation, not an archival map. Markers retain the exhibit’s evidence qualifications. · Pictou Island Heritage Society

From the Collection · Photograph of the Week

Jean standing outdoors

Jean is handwritten beneath the photograph. Undated; see the source and caption notes.

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Jean standing outdoors · Contributed by Chris Stafford

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People

Families, residents and the lives of people connected with Pictou Island.

Andrea Rankin Sibley collectionExplore People

Places

Roads, coves, buildings, cemeteries, community sites and changing landscapes.

Andrea Rankin Sibley collectionExplore Places

Exhibits

Explore larger stories and themes from Pictou Island’s history.

Hugh MacLean / PIHS collectionBrowse Exhibits

Pictou Island Heritage Society

PIHS is a volunteer organization made possible by the time and effort of its board, members and community volunteers. The upkeep of Pictou Island’s heritage sites is ongoing. We greatly appreciate everyone who helps with this annual work.

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