Middle Musquodoboit | |
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Coordinates: 45°02′35″N 63°09′06″W / 45.04306°N 63.15167°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Government | |
• Governing Council | Halifax Regional Council |
• Community Council | Marine Drive Valley & Canal |
Area | |
• Total | 129.9 km2 (50.2 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 669 |
Canadian Postal code | B0N 1X0 |
Area code | 902 |
Telephone exchange | 384 |
GNBC Code | CAZEY |
Total Dwellings | 260 |
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]