Pictou: Nova Scotia's Northern Ocean Port 1916

Index to Images 

Public Buildings  /  Pictou Harbour Scenes  /  Scenes on and about Harbour  /  Pictou Harbour  /  Government Railway Pier  /  Residences  /  Streets  /  Schools  /  Group of Residences  /  Churches  /  Attractive Pictou Homes  /  Front Street  /  Water Street  /  Locks near Trenton  /  Railway Station  /  Wharf  /  G. J. Hamilton & Sons  /  Logan Tanneries Limited   /  Atlantic Milling Company Limited  /  Government Railway Round House  /  Pictou Foundry and Machine Company  /  D. Fullarton & Son  /  J. Carson & Sons  /  J. W. Priest  /  J. Smith Grant  /  MacDonald & Bethune  /  Hislop & Company  /  James MacLean & Sons  /  Logan & Murdock's, Lobster Factory  /  P. Brown & Son  /  Dougal Logan, Lyon's Brook  /  J. A. Stalker & Company  /  Hotel Wallace--Commercial Hotel  /  Pictou School of Music  /  W. C. Wetmore & Co.  /  George McLaren & Sons  /  William Ross, Jeweller  /  Barry's Mills  /  The Minto Pharmacy  /  E. Watt & Co.  /  Group Industries  /  St. Julian Hotel  /  W. D. McKenzie  /  Pictou Residences  /  Sporting Scenes  /  Old Dawson House   

• Public Buildings

1. New Pictou Cottage Hospital, formerly D. G. Marine Hospital

2. Hose Wagon

3. Fire Engine

4. Electric Light Plant

5. Custom House

6. Post Office

7. Y. M. C. A.

8. Court House and Jail

9. Water Tower, Stand Pipe

10. County Building

11. Town Office

12. First Pictou Cottage Hospital

• Pictou Harbour Scenes

1. The Start

2. The Coming Storm

3. Lighthouse

4. Entrance to Pictou Harbour

5. Boat Races

6. A Summer Afternoon

7. Eventide

8. October Evening

9. Moonlight on the Water

10. Sunset

11. Watchman. What of the Night?

12. Another Evening View of Harbour

13. Battery Park

• Scenes on and About Harbour

1. Evening Scene

2. Barry's Mill Pond

3. Norway House. Pictou residence of the late Lord Strathcona

4. A January Night

5. Harvest Moon

6. Break of Day

7. A Cloudy Night on Pictou Harbour

8. A Glimpse of Brown's Point

9. Waiting

10. Drifting

• Pictou Harbour
  

• Canadian Government Railway Pier showing steamship plying between Pictou and Prince Edward Island.

• Residences

1. Mrs. G. Roddick

2. E. M. MacDonald. K. C. M. P.

3. A. F. Logan

4. Glebe House

5. J. Sim Harris

6. Edward McLaren

7. J. J. MacKenzie, M. D.

8. A. C. MacDonald

9. Mrs. Pouley

10. D. H. Purvis

11. S. Anderson, M. D.

12. J. W. Priest

• Streets

1. Prince Street

2. Wellington Street

3. Denoon Street

4. Beaches Road

• Schools

1. Pictou Academy

2. West End School, Old Pictou Academy, the Hundredth Anniversary of which was celebrated August 27-28-29, 1916.

3. East End School

4. Stella Maris School and Convent

• Group of Residences

1. Warren Pope

2. St. James Rectory

3. J. A. Sproull

4. Alfred D. Barry

5. John U. Ross, K. C.

6. William Cameron

7. Wm. H. Pope

8. A. D. Patterson

9. Peter Fraser

10. P. A. Curry

11. Miss Agnes Fraser

12. A. McDougall

• Churches

1. St. Andrew's, Presbyterian (Kirk)

2. Prince Street Presbyterian

3. Methodist

4. St. James Anglican

5. Knox Presbyterian

6. Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church

• Some Attractive Pictou Homes

1. Charles E. Tanner, K. C.

2. Mrs. J. C. White

3. Robert P. Fraser, Collector of Customs

4. J. J. MacKay

5. Fred MacKaracher

6. James Primrose (The Cottage)

7. K. J. MacKenzie

8. James A. Hislop

9. William McClure

10. W. G. Tait

11. John Munro

12. W. F. Harris

13. John A. Meagher

14. Dr. D. Murray

15. C. H. Wisener

16. J. Smith Grant

• Front Street

• Water Street

• Views of Locks in Course of Construction Near Trenton six or seven miles distant, connecting New Glasgow and Trenton, by deep water with Pictou.

1. Cutting Rocks and Erecting Walls

2. Spillway

3. Flooded Locks

4. Completed Spillway, McDougall Brothers, Contractors and Builders

• Government Railway Station and Custom House to Left

• A Crowded Wharf--Pictou Harbour

• G. J. Hamilton & Sons, Biscuits and Confectionery

One of the largest and most up-to-date Biscuit and Confectionery manufacturing industries in the Eastern Provinces.

• The Logan Tanneries Limited

          One of Canada's Large Sole Leather Tanning Industries.

• Atlantic Milling Company Limited

          E. A. Fullerton, President; J. W. Smith, General Manager.  One of the largest and best equipped

          Milling Plants east of Montreal.

• Government Railway Round House
   

• Pictou Foundry and Machine Company

          Engineers and Boiler Makers, with a view of Maritime Garage Co. Ltd., to the left.

• D. Fullerton & Son

          Manufacturers and Dealers in All Kinds of Building Material.

• J. Carson & Sons

          Wood Working Factory.  Dealers in Lumber and Building Material.

• J. W. Priest

          Wholesale and Retail Boot & Shoe Dealer.  Specialties, the "Every Day Shoe" and "Walk Easy"

          Shoes for men, and "Princess Pat" for women.

• J. Smith Grant

          Domestic and Imported Dry Goods.  Costumes, mantles, Ready-to-Wear Clothing for Men and

          Women, and Custom Tailoring.

• MacDonald & Bethune

          Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Garments, Costumes, Carpets, and House Furnishings.

• Hislop & Company

          Men's and Boys' Ready-to-wear Clothing, Gentlemen's Furnishings, Trunks and Travelling Bags.

• James MacLean & Sons

          Dealers in Books, School Supplies, Newspapers, Magazines, Post Cards, Wall Paper and

          Souvenir Goods of all kinds.

• Logan & Murdock's, Lobster Factory

          View of Plant and Houses of Employees.

• P. Brown & Son

          Wholesale and Retail Grocery, Provision, and Coal Dealers.

• Dougal Logan, Lyon's Brook

          Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Paints, Kitchen Ware and Household Goods.

          A. F. Logan, Agent for Ford Cars.

• J. A. Stalker & Company

          General Store, Specializing in Groceries and Crockery.

• Hotel Wallace--Commercial Hotel
   

• Pictou School of Music, Professor T. Singleton, Proprietor

• W. C. Wetmore & Co

           Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating.

• George McLaren & Sons

          Furniture and Upholstering.  Undertaking and Embalming.

• William Ross, Jeweller

          One of the oldest Jewelry Stores in Pictou.

• Barry's Mills, Alfred D. Barry, Proprietor

          Manufacturer and Dealer in Lumber and Building Material.

• The Minto Pharmacy, K. J. MacKenzie, Proprietor

          An Up-to-date Drug Store.

• E. Watt & Co.

          Men's and Boy's Clothing, Furnishings, Trunks and Bags.

• Group Industries, Theater, Bank and Business Houses

1. Marine Railway, J. & J. Yorston, Proprietors

2. A. Henderson & Son, Shoe Dealers

3. Lobster Hatchery

4. Pope Brothers, Meat Dealers

5. F. J. Tobin, Jeweller

6. Pictou Theatre

7. Bank of Nova Scotia

8. The Pictou Advocate Office and Showing Part of the Plant

• St. Julian Hotel, J. W. Hogg, Proprietor

          European Plan.  Rates Moderate.

• W. D. McKenzie

          Plumbing, Tinsmithing, Steam and Hot Water Heating.

• Pictou Residences

1. David Logan

2. G. A. Dunn, M. D.

3. E. A. Fullarton

4. J. J. Yorston

5. D. R. Sutherland

6. John Yorston

7. Wm. M. Dustan

8. D. Sutherland

9. J. J. MacKay

10. Howard Hamilton

• Sporting Scenes

1. Calling Moose, early morning Little Liscombe River

2. Shooting Geese over decoys

3. Middle Rocky Lake

4. Trout Fishing

5. Hunter's Trophy, Moose Head spread 53 inches

6. Fishing Rocky Lake

7. A bag of wild geese

8. Bag of ducks

• Old Dawson House

          Birthplace of the late Sir William Dawson, formerly President of McGill College.

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