Hector Heritage Quay: Town Of Pictou

www.immigrantscanada.comScottish Settlement Dept: Until then, the quay which commemorates the arrival of the first Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia in the late 1700s will remain closed, to the disappointment of many tourists, according to CBC. "We're Scottish by descent, and it has so much history tied to it," said tourist Cheryl Jones said. "It is just a shame that a lot of people plan their vacation around coming to be able to see it." A group of businesspeople plans to take over the Hector Heritage Quay, the most important tourist draw in the town of Pictou, N.S., in late August. The site on the Northumberland Strait includes a life-sized model of the Hector, a three-masted ship that arrived in Pictou in 1773, with 189 passengers from Scotland. Those arrivals began the first Scottish settlement in Nova Scotia. As reported in the news.
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