Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia

Middle Musquodoboit is a farming community in the Musquodoboit Valley region of the Halifax Regional Municipality, along the Musquodoboit River at the junction of Route 357 with Route 224, 78km from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The community's name comes from the First Nations' word Mooskoduboogwek, which means to suddenly wide out after a narrow entrance at its mouth. For an unspecified amount of time after 1883, Middle Musquodoboit was called Laytonville.AmenitiesThere are numerous farms in the Middle Musquodoboit area. It, along with Upper Musquodoboit, are the major communities in the valley, being the two largest communities. Middle Musquodoboit has a Co-op store, a bakery/restaurant, a fire station, a police station, a natural resources station, a post office, and an RBC bank. The annual Halifax County Exhibition is held each August in the community. There is a park along the Musquodoboit River 5 minutes outside Middle Musquodoboit, towards Upper Musquodoboit. Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital (MVMH) is the only hospital in the Musquodoboit Valley. The facility is located on the opposite side of the Musquodoboit River. It is connected to Braeside Nursing Home, which adjacent to the hospital.Middle Musquodoboit boasts two schools: Musquodoboit Rural High School (MRHS) and Musquodoboit Valley Education Centre (MVEC).