Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021,
Hector Pioneer by renowned sculptor John Wilson, Pictou, Nova Scotia
Ship Hector replica floating in Pictou Harbour
The former Pictou County pulp mill employed roughly 300 employees directly, with hundreds more indirect jobs in related industries.
The Nova Scotia Museum of Industry
Canadian siblings Lilly Sullivan and Jack Sullivan disappeared from their rural home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, during the early morning hours of May 2, 2025.
Pictou County
…James Peter Robertson, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War Lilly and Jack Sullivan, children who disappeared in 2025. There are claims by a Johnston family of Pictou, Nova Scotia, that the Mad Trapper of Rat River was Owen Albert…
Lilly Sullivan, left, and Jack Sullivan, right