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PICTOU

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 587 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PICTOU  , a seaport,

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port of entry, and capital of Pictou county, Nova Scotia, go m . N.E. by N. of Halifax, on a branch of the Intercolonial railway . Pop . (Igor), 3235 . It has several valuable
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industries, and is the
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shipping port for the adjacent
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coal-mines . The Academy, founded in 1818, played an important
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part in the early educational
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history of the province, and still enjoys a high reputation .

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