Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia

Middle Musquodoboit
Route 357 in Middle Musquodoboit
Route 357 in Middle Musquodoboit
Middle Musquodoboit is located in Nova Scotia
Middle Musquodoboit
Middle Musquodoboit
Location within Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°02′35″N 63°09′06″W / 45.04306°N 63.15167°W / 45.04306; -63.15167
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
MunicipalityHalifax Regional Municipality
Government
 • Governing CouncilHalifax Regional Council
 • Community CouncilMarine Drive Valley & Canal
Area
 • Total129.9 km2 (50.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total669
Canadian Postal code
B0N 1X0
Area code902
Telephone exchange384
GNBC CodeCAZEY
Total Dwellings260
Highways Route 224
Route 357
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

Middle Musquodoboit is a rural community in the Musquodoboit Valley region of Nova Scotia, Canada within the Halifax Regional Municipality, along the Musquodoboit River at the junction of Route 357 with Route 224, 78 kilometres (48 mi) from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The community's name comes from the First Nations' word Mooskoduboogwek, which means to suddenly widen out after a narrow entrance at a mouth.[1] For a time after 1883, Middle Musquodoboit was called Laytonville, but at some point reverted to its former name.[1]

  1. ^ a b Scott, David. Nova Scotia Place Names, p. 162. ISBN 978-0-9865370-1-1