Historic sites, churches, monuments, trails and the waterfront
Attraction
Hector Heritage Quay
The Hector Heritage Quay features three stories of displays of information about the passe...
McCulloch House Museum & Genealogy Centre
Discover your roots and explore the story of Pictou at the McCulloch House Museum & Geneal...
McCulloch House Museum
Visit McCulloch’s 200-year-old brick home and explore exhibits that detail how one man’s p...
Northumberland Fisheries Museum
The Northumberland Fisheries Museum in Pictou pays tribute to the fisheries industry of th...
Hiking and Biking
Blue Route Trail
The Blue Route provincial cycling network will connect Nova Scotia’s communities through d...
Jitney Trail
The Jitney Trail in Pictou is a beautiful recreational trail in the Northumberland Shore r...
Monuments
Dawson Monument
William Dawson, one of the foremost Canadian scholars of his generation, was born at Picto...
Hector Square Monument
The sculpture of a highlander holding a musket at his side and an axe over his shoulder wa...
Pictou County War Monument
Constructed in memory of all persons who were killed in World War I, World War II, and the...
MacGregor Monument
Across from the Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital at the cairn honoring Rev James MacGre...
No. 2 Construction Battalion Monument
This Battalion reflected the strong determination of Black men to contribute to Canada's F...
Pictou Academy Monument
On this site, from 1818 to 1932, stood the Pictou Academy. Founded by the Presbyterian min...
Waterfront
Pictou Yacht Club
Pictou Marina is located on the Northumberland Strait at the mouth of Pictou Harbour. The...
Pier C Wharf
Pier C 183 m (600 ft) long with an adjacent fenced laydown area is privately owned but ope...
Stone Buildings
Old Post Office
The Old Post Office was built in 1895 to accommodate the increased volume of mail passing...
Scotiabank Building
The Bank of Nova Scotia was built circa 1878 by Adam McKean for the Pictou Bank. In the mi...
YMCA Building
The YMCA building was built in 1879
Scanlan Graham-Scanlan Law Office
This double house dates back to 1824, and is typical of Scottish architectural style in it...
Locally Known as the Water Street Studio Building
Built circa 1825, this building is a fine example of Scottish stone houses. Distinctive fe...
Stone House Building
The Stone House was built circa 1832 for Alex Campbell and Andrew Miller who carried on a...
Sandstone Home
This charming sandstone structure was designed in Scottish crofter style, and dates back t...
R.P. Grant - Pictou Men's Club
R.P. Grant home was built circa 1853 for merchant/politician R.P. Grant. Grant, whose fath...
The Consulate Inn Building
Built circa 1810 for George Smith, timber merchant and Member of the Legislative Assembly...
Churches
Stella Maris Church
Stella Maris Church is located on St. Stephen Street in Pictou, Nova Scotia. This brick, G...
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
In 1866 the original building was replaced by a brick and stone church. It served the cong...
St. James Anglican Church
in 1879 the cornerstone was laid for the present church building, which was dedicated for...
First Presbyterian Church
In the 1840, 50s and even the 60s many protestant groups built churches with steeples just...
Brick Buildings
Davies Foundry (The Olde Foundry)
Davies Foundry built circa 1855 for William Davies, the buildings were the nucleus of an i...
Stalker Building - Former Bank
Next to the bank is a building which was also formerly used as a bank. Locally known as th...
Customs House
The Customs House was built circa 1873 according to designs by Halifax architects Stirling...
Old CN Train Station
The Old C.N. Station was built circa 1904 for the Intercolonial Railroad following a compa...
Stella Maris Convent Building
Stella Maris Convent, completed in 1880, is a large three-storey building of red brick mas...
David McCulloch House
The stone partitions in this 1863 home of customs collector David McCulloch (Thomas's son)...