Musquodoboit Valley
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The Musquodoboit Valley is a Canadian valley in northeastern Halifax County Nova Scotia.
Administratively located in the Halifax Regional Municipality's Musquodoboit Valley / Dutch Settlement planning area, the picturesque Musquodoboit River flows through the valley. The northeastern end of the valley is agricultural and the valley is framed by the Wittenburg Ridge and Glenmore Mountain along the Halifax-Colchester county border to the north and a series of low hills to the south. The southern half of the valley passes through dense forests growing in glacially-scoured terrain through to the mouth of the river at Musquodoboit Harbour.
The upper part of the Musquodoboit Valley comprises the largest farming district in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The annual Halifax County Exhibition is held each summer in the valley farming community of Middle Musquodoboit. Another important local industry is forestry, with the community of Upper Musquodoboit being home to Mactara, the province's largest sawmill.
The Musquodoboit Valley has two main branches radiating from its centre at Middle Musquodoboit:
- North Branch
Refers to a group of communities including Elmsvale, Greenwood, Upper Musquodoboit, and Dean. Primarily a farming and forestry area, this is the largest branch of the valley and extends to the northeast from Middle Musquodoboit.
- Southwest Branch
Refers to a group of communities including Chaswood, Cooksbrook, Carrolls Corner, and Dutch Settlement. Primarily a residential area at the extreme edge of HRM's commutershed, this branch of the valley extends south and west from Middle Musquodoboit. Local geology and lack of suitable soil results in less farming than adjacent areas in the valley.
[edit] Communities
The valley comprises the following communities, from the upper reaches of the river in the northeast to its outlet into the Atlantic Ocean in the south:
- Caribou Gold Mines
- Chaplin
- Dean
- Pleasant Valley
- Sheet Harbour Road
- Upper Musquodoboit
- Fraser Settlement
- Kent
- Centre Musquodoboit
- Reid
- Newcomb Corner
- Lindsay Lake
- Elmsvale
- Higginsville
- Brookvale
- Glenmore
- Middle Musquodoboit
- South Section
- Murchyville
- Chaswood
- Cooks Brook
- Carrolls Corner
- Dutch Settlement
- Elderbank
- Lake Egmont
- Wyses Corner
- Meaghers Grant
- Meagher
- Lower Meaghers Grant
- Musquodoboit Harbour
- Greenwood
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