Pictou Island (Nova Scotia)

There is a small year-round population spread throughout the island, of which the majority make their living by fishing.

There is also a community centre, church, a Pioneer Cemetery, fire department and several lighthouses located on the island.

Generally, island students enroll in schools on the mainland of Nova Scotia once they begin grade 11, as many post-secondary programs do not accept a correspondence studies diploma.

The Community Centre is also home to a provincially sponsored CAP Site (see http://cap.ic.gc.ca/index.htm Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine), which provides internet access to the public.

That same year it was granted by the Crown to Admiral Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, likely as a reward for Royal Navy victories secured under his command in the Napoleonic Wars.