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Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough
Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough Counties
![Highland Games](stamp%20images/u1655.gif)
© Canada Post Corporation, 1997. Reproduced with permission.
Each summer, the Town of Antigonish
hosts the Highland Games.
![Royal William](stamp%20images/u0204.gif)
© Canada Post Corporation, 1933. Reproduced with permission.
In 1833, the
Royal William, built in
1831 in Cape Blanc, Quebec, was the first ocean-going steamship
to cross the Atlantic from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Gravesend, England.
![Scottish Settlers & Hector](stamp%20images/u0619.gif)
© Canada Post Corporation, 1973. Reproduced with permission.
In 1773, 200 Scottish settlers arrived in Pictou on the ship Hector.
Today, the Hector Heritage Quay
in Pictou marks the journey.
![Father Moses Coady](stamp%20images/u1823d.gif)
© Canada Post Corporation, 2000. Reproduced with permission.
Dr. Rev. Moses M.
Coady (1882-1959) was the founder of the Antigonish Movement which promoted
co-operative development and continuing learning in rural communities.
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