Lisser Says: The deCoste Centre is a 450 seat concert hall presenting year-round live entertainment. Music, drama, variety shows and ceilidhs offer visitors an entertainment package that includes a little of everything. The deCoste Centre also presents the Hector Festival (every Aug.)...
1 Review and 21 Opinions A good family motel. Clean, well kept, many rooms including cabins available, reasonably priced....
Salt Water Cafe: Salt Water Cafe
Lisser Says: There's a great atmosphere here. Really good food and a great selection of local seafood. The restaurant extends out onto the water like a wharf. You can sit and eat while watching sailboats go by. Very relaxing! Pasta, Chicken fingers, Caesar Salad
Lisser Says: By Land-Highways from all points in the U.S. and Canada join the Trans Canada Highway from New Brunswick into Nova Scotia. Via Rail Canada provides transcontinental train service; there are stations in Truro and Halifax. By Sea- Come to Nova Scotia by mini-cruise. Car...
Lisser Says: In all of Nova Scotia, and Pictou being a good example, there is a very distinct Scottish culture. It is really unlike anything else in all of Canada. There's lots of bagpipes, kilts and beer :) People are so friendly and welcoming. We're as proud of our past as of our...
Lisser Says: The main street of Pictou, called Water St.is very narrow with lots of traffic so it was made a ONE WAY street! Every year there are countless tourists who don't follow the street signs and end up endangering everyone in their path. However, locals expect this to happen and...
Lisser Says: Souvenir shopping. Gift shops are all over town and stuff is ridiculously overpriced. Only tourists shop there because locals can't afford it! Although things such as t-shirts and local products are worth the money, please don't waste your money on those silly Sou' Wester...
JITNEY TRAIL LOCATION: Pictou...
Lisser Says: JITNEY TRAIL LOCATION: Pictou Waterfront to Brown’s PointDISTANCE: 3 KM (one way)DESCRIPTION: flat, partially paved, along waterfront. Suitable for walking, cycling, cross-county skiing, running and wheelchairs.
The town of Pictou is renowned...
Lisser Says: The town of Pictou is renowned as the 'Birthplace of New Scotland'. It was here that the first Scottish settlers landed in 1773. There were 189 passengers who boarded the Hector at Loch Broom in Scotland and dared to make the journey toward a new life in Nova Scotia. The...
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Pictou- The Birthplace of New Scotland - Pictou (pronounced: Pick-toe, NOT Pick-two!!) is a small town in the heart of northern Nova Scotia. It is world renowned as the "Birthplace of New Scotland". Pictou has a population of approximately...
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Q: Since I'm the only VT member from Pictou...I'm just wondering if anyone else has ever been to or passed through my little town! If...
A: Hi Lisser; I've been to Pictou (or at least passed through it) several times. I don't really count, since I used to live in Nova Scotia, but I just thought I would reply...
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We had visited Pictou briefly in 2005 as we drove through on our way to Cape Breton but decided to stay for a night this time round. The town is definitely worth a visit but only for a day or two. The...
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