Thorburn, Nova Scotia
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Thorburn is a community in the
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province of
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, located in
Pictou County Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Further ...
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The Community

This small rural Nova Scotia town has a hair salon, sports arena, a school (Thorburn Consolidated School), a few churches and a fire hall. It is home to several farms and is also the hometown of actor Mike Smith, who plays the character
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'', and Aaron Cameron who appeared in the
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series ''Seed''. The community is about 10 minutes from the town of
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait. The town's population was 9,471 ...
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References


Thorburn on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Pictou County {{PictouNS-geo-stub