Articles

Stories, events and discoveries from Pictou Island’s history.

7 articles · Showing 1–6

The Island Hearse: Funeral Journeys and Community Memory

A surviving community object connects home funerals, Island roads and two burial grounds.

Community life · 19th–20th centuries

The account of a wedding in an airplane over Pictou Island, with differing contemporary reports kept in view.

Community life · 1930s

Boats, winter crossings, mail and telephone service connected the Island with the mainland.

Transport & communication · 19th–20th centuries

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

Ships & rescue · 1820s

An August grounding, a November disaster and the Island’s part in rescue and loss.

Ships & rescue · 1880s

A travelling company came ashore during an ice emergency, connecting winter transport with Island social life.

Community life · 1900s