The White Lady is the best known ghost story in...
The White Lady is the best known ghost story in Pictou Island folklore.
There are several variations of the White Lady's origins, but the most popular tells of a young Island woman who had fallen in love with a sailor who was only visiting Pictou Island.
The two were engaged before the sailor left for fishing season. The sailor's ship ran into heavy weather off the coast of the Island and the entire crew was lost at sea. The woman was in denial that her fiancé was lost, walking the Island's only road and shores in hopes that his ship would return. Eventually, the woman's grief overcame her.
To this day, there are still folks who claim to have seen a young woman wearing a long white gown roaming the main road and beaches of Pictou Island.
Courtesy of the Pictou Island Heritage Society