Picton
Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southeastern Ontario, roughly 160 km east of Toronto. It is the county's largest community and former seat located at the southwestern end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte, which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,700 residents
- Description: community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Picton, Ontario”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Regent Theatre and Prince Edward County Public Library.
Regent Theatre
Theater building
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Regent Theatre is a theatre located at 224 Main Street in Picton, Ontario. It opened in 1918 and has presented both film and live shows through the years.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bloomfield and Glenora.
Bloomfield
Village
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bloomfield is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. Bloomfield is situated 7 km west of Picton.
Glenora
Hamlet
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenora is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, on the southern shore of the Bay of Quinte at. The Bay of Quinte is a long narrow inlet on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Glenora is situated 8 km northeast of Picton.
Milford
Hamlet
Milford is a town in the single-tier municipality of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. It is located at. Located on the Black River, Milford was founded in 1808 and was a busy timber milling center until approximately 1900 and was the capital of Marysburgh Township before township restructuring and ultimately amalgamation into Prince Edward County. Milford is situated 9 km southeast of Picton.
Picton
- Categories: unincorporated area, former town, population center in Canada, and locality
- Location: Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
44.00771° or 44° 0′ 28″ northLongitude
-77.14117° or 77° 8′ 28″ westPopulation
4,700Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA PICOpen location code
87P42V55+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 277323741OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Picton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيكتون”
- Cebuano: “Picton”
- Dutch: “Picton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيكتون”
- French: “Picton”
- Japanese: “ピクトン”
- Persian: “پیکتن، انتاریو”
- Persian: “پیکتن”
- Polish: “Picton”
- Russian: “Пиктон”
- Spanish: “Picton (Ontario)”
- Spanish: “Picton, Ontario”
- Spanish: “Picton”
- Swedish: “Picton, Ontario”
- Swedish: “Picton”
- Welsh: “Picton”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Picton”. Photo: Earl Andrew, Public domain.