Welcome to Scotsburn!!

Scotsburn is a small friendly village located in Pictou County, on Route 256 between West Branch and Lyons Brook. The main industries here are farming, the Scotsburn dairy, and the Wood Mill. Scotsburn offers an elementary school, free Internet access program, grocery/hardware store, service station, numerous community organizations and much more.


The Scotsburn Flag

The flag was designed with the help of the children of the Scotsburn Elementry School during the 1999-2000 school year.
Blue - the two oceans in the east and west of Canada.
Brown - the trail that joins the oceans, and goes through Scotsburn. The lumber.
Green - the bottom represents the farmland and the woodlands of the countryside around Scotsburn. The triangle is Fitzpatrick Mountain.
Yellow - a bright sun; a positive symbol for the great quality of life that people of Scotsburn enjoy.

The "rays" around the sun symbolize hands joined together, which shows how the people of Scotsburn work together to create our community.


A Little Bit of Scotsburn History

Scotsburn was established in 1867, until then it had been known as West Rogers Hill. Hugh Ross born in Scotland proposed the name Scotsburn, which means "Brook of Scots." The first school was established on November 1, 1817, with Dennis Murphy as the schoolmaster. Scotsburn was lived by dairying and farming the 2 oldest and 2 most honoured occupations.

A postal way office was established in 1847. This closed in 1913 because of the existence of a Post Office at Scotsburn Station, which opened in 1889 when the Short Line Railway was put through the valley. A new Federal Post Office building was completed on June 18, 1965, which still stands today.

The soil here is generally light, porous and easy to cultivate. It is well adapted with good cultivation, to the production of all kinds of crops. Especially hay, clovers, wheat, oats, barleys, buckwheat, potatoes, turnips, and beets. The land is covered with numerous trees, most of them being birch, beech, maple, hemlock, spruce and fur.

Gently sloping hills and the flowing streams combine to form a picture that never fails to please the eye that appreciates the beauty in nature.

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