Pictou Shipyard

Launching of S.S. Ashby Park at the Pictou Shipyard in 1944

The Pictou Shipyard is a Canadian shipbuilding site located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, and made famous by its use as an emergency shipbuilding facility in World War II, during which it constructed twenty-four 4,700-ton Scandinavian class freighters.[1]

It was founded at its current location in 1856, as the Pictou Iron Foundry, by William Henry Davies.[2] Through many business booms and busts, as well as several changes of ownership, it has continued to operate until today, when it is owned by Aecon Atlantic Industrial Inc.[3]

  1. ^ Wallis, Ron (2004). The Story of Pictou’s Park Ships. Pictou: Ron Wallis. p. 1.
  2. ^ Sherwood, Roland H. (1945). Pictou Parade. Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press. pp. 12–13.
  3. ^ "Home". pictoushipyard.com.