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GoPLAY - Self Directed Recreation | Town of Pictou | Birthplace of New Scotland Town of Pictou 40 Water Street, P.O. 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Usually the forfeit of participating is minimal or free-of-charge. The Town of Pictou Recreation and Parks department recognizes the benefits of recreation and strives to make recreational activities wieldy to everyone regardless of socioeconomic barriers. By promoting self-directed recreation, we hope to increase physical worriedness and resider engagement in Pictou. The Pictou Recreation and Parks department strives to be a leader in physical worriedness and healthy lifestyle promotion and aims to do this through increased minutiae of public spaces as well as a focus on fostering self-directed recreation and creating unscratched and welcoming spaces for people to reconnect with nature.      EQUIPMENT LOAN PROGRAM  Pictou Recreation and Parks is expanding its current service offering to provide a new equipment lend program. This program will indulge Pictou Recreation and Parks equipment to be loaned out without any financial or logistical barriers. There are many opportunities tropical to home that are non-structured in nature that is misogynist at your own leisure. The Pictou Recreation and Parks department recognizes the benefits of recreation with the goal to make recreational activities wieldy to everyone. The Pictou Recreation and Parks department strives to be a leader in physical worriedness and healthy lifestyle promotion and aims to do this through increased minutiae of public spaces as well as a focus on fostering self-directed recreation and creating unscratched and welcoming spaces for people to reconnect with nature.   Download the full GoPLAY Equipment Loan Program brochure <HERE>   Here are some ideas to get started......  Sports Equipment Bag  A kit bag full of outdoor recreation equipment for entertaining family and friends. The kit includes frisbees, Tug O’War rope, bat, balls, pylons, a typesetting of game ideas and more.Self-rulingto borrow. Also misogynist for loan: road hockey equipment, baseball, rollar blades, washer toss sets and flag football Play Packs Play Packs are kits with books and play equipment in them. They are misogynist to infringe using your self-ruling library card. These kits are misogynist at the library in Pictou. Swimming The Fisheries Training Pool offers drop-in rates as low as $6.00 for adults and $3.50 for students and seniors. Swimming is a relatively low-cost worriedness that one can participate in at their leisure. Between November to March Active Pictou County offers FREE public swimming on Saturday from 12:00-1:00 pm.  Basketball Come lanugo to the town office and infringe a basketball from our sports equipment bag and go shoot some hoops at the outdoor basketball magistrate in front of Dr. McCulloch Junior High or Pictou Elementary! Baseball Balls, bats and bases are included in our sports equipment bag which is misogynist at the town office to borrow. Why not go hit a few home runs at Ricky Sutherland Memorial Field. Geocaching Stop by the town office for a Geocaching map that will lead you to some unconfined spots on the Jitney Trail to find treasure. This is an worriedness that can be washed-up solo or with a group.VelocipedeTune Up Kits The Pictou Library has everything you’ll need to get ready for a velocipede ride. Come sign out a kit with your self-ruling library card. These kits have a velocipede pump, lock and tool kit. Tennis Tennis rackets are misogynist to infringe from the town office. Go out and enjoy our new tennis court.  Public Skating Between November to March Active Pictou County offers FREE public skates in the various arenas throughout Pictou County. Check for a full schedule of skate times http://www.townofpictou.ca/sports-and-recreation/facilities/ Running Clubs Inquire at the town office well-nigh current running programs stuff offered. Nordic Walking Poles Snow Shoes Canoe Bikes Nordic walking poles and snow shoes are misogynist for loan, undeniability the Town Office to sign them out for the day or weekend. Interested in canoeing, Pictou Recreation and Parks has one misogynist to lend out for the day or weekend. All safety equipment included.  There are both sultana and youth bikes misogynist to lend, helmets included. Women on Wheels A FREE club that meets every Friday at 10 AM at the Pictou Library for some snacks, information session and a ride on one of Pictou County’s unconfined trails! OPEN SKATES AND SWIMS FREE Swims at the Fisheries Training PoolWatch for details on FREE Swims at the pool whence in November running to March 2017 is made possible through funding from the Province of NS Thrive Strategy. Saturdays 12:00-1:00pm For remoter info undeniability 485-5301.       FREE Skating at the Hector Arena Watch for details on FREE Skates at the Hector Arena whence in the fall; Sundays 11:30-12:30 pm.  The "I Love To Skate" program in made possible through funding from Canadian Tire and the Province of NS Thrive Strategy. For info undeniability 485-5122. Pictou New Horizons Club  The Pictou New Horizons Club promotes the social well-being of our seniors in the town of Pictou and surrounding area. It is located tropical to the Hector Heritage Quay on Pictou;s waterfront, it is an platonic venue for seniors to gather to socially interact with one another, play some cards, line dance, potlucks, workbench games and make new friends. The club is wieldy and provides a wipe unscratched place for all events scheduled. They welcome new members and anyone who wishes to come in to visit are cordially invited to do so. If you are interested in joining contact either the Membership Committee Chairperson or the Treasurer and well-constructed a simple using form. Annual dues are minimal, $5.00 and will provide assess to activities taking place at the Club. Parks & Playgrounds Broidy Park - Come enjoy our trappy park, equipped with a full jungle gym and tennis courts! Ricky Sutherland Memorial Field - Baseball, kickball, and more, these are just some of the self-directed recreation activities you can do at this location. Chisholm Memorial Field - Baseball, kickball, soccer, and more.You can typesetting a baseball field to enjoy a family or group worriedness by undeniability Pictou Recreation and Parks at 902-485-4372. Gather a group, play a game, have a BBQ! Trails Jitney Trail The Jitney Trail is a registered Trans Canada Trail that runs withal the waterfront in Pictou. This scenic trail is a unconfined place for running, walking, Nordic walking, biking, navigate county skiing and snow shoeing! It is paved 1.5km and stroller / wheelchair friendly. Blue Route “The Blue Route provincial cycling network will connect Nova Scotia’s communities through designated cycling routes on secondary highways with paved shoulders, low traffic volume roads, nonflexible surfaced trails, and municipality streets” (Bicycle Nova Scotia, 2016). This route has been created with self-directed recreation in mind and it starts from the Jitney Trail in Pictou!     Community Profile Population: 3,186 (2016 census) Founded: 1767  Incorporated: 1873 Area: 7.94 sq. km Time Zone: Atlantic Industry: Light Manufacturing, Tourism, Agriculture, Fisheries, Shipping Centrally located on the Northumberland Shore, is an platonic location to start a small or medium size business, raise a family and enjoy a quality of life second to none. 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