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Pictou
Sports and the Outdoors
The Jitney Trail is a 5-km (3-mi) water's edge route around Pictou Harbour that puts you in sight of marine life and working wharves. It's frequented by hikers and bikers. Pictou, NS. No phone. www.trails.gov.ns.ca.
Pictou Island Charters offers transportation to and tip-to-tip tours of the eponymous little island in the middle of Northumberland Strait. Priced at C$50, the six-hour outing runs Thursday and Friday in July and August. Pictou, NS. 902/921-1033. www.pictouislandcharters.ca.
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