Nictaux is a community in the
Canadian
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
province of
Nova Scotia
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, located in
Annapolis County
Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province located on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal.
History
Established August 17, 1759, by Order in Council, Annapolis ...
. Nictaux is at the intersection of
Highway 10
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* European route E10
* European route E010
Argentina
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* Smith Street ...
and
Highway 201.
The name Nictaux comes from the
Mi'kmaq
The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Mi'kmaw'' or ''Mi'gmaw''; ; , and formerly Micmac) are an Indigenous group of people of the Northeastern Woodlands, native to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Bru ...
word Niktak, meaning 'The forks of a river'.
Since the Nictaux school was closed in 1987, the children there have been bused across the
Annapolis River
The Annapolis River () is a Canadian river located in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.
Geography
Measuring 120 kilometres in length, the river flows southwest through the western part of the valley from its source in Caribou Bog (50 m 60 ft...
to
Middleton. The community does however maintain its own volunteer fire department.
Other communities in the area with a similar name are
Nictaux Falls,
Nictaux South, Nictaux East and Nictaux West.
References
Communities in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
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