Linacy | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Location of Linacy in Nova Scotia | |
Coordinates: 45°35′15″N62°36′30″W / 45.58750°N 62.60833°W Coordinates: 45°35′15″N62°36′30″W / 45.58750°N 62.60833°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
County | Pictou County |
Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (Atlantic Daylight Time) |
Postal code | B2H |
Linacy is an unincorporated community [1] in Pictou County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia near the much larger town of New Glasgow.
Linacy was named for Edward Linacy, one of the area's first settlers. [2]
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