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:''This article is about a community, for the natural harbour, see Musquodoboit Harbour.'' Musquodoboit Harbour is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. The community is situated on the Eastern Shore at the mouth of the Musquodoboit River. The community lies 45 kilometres east of downtown Halifax. With a hospital, RCMP detachment, postal outlet, schools, recreational center, library, municipal office and other services, Musquodoboit Harbour is a serve centre for many of the surrounding communities. ''Musquodoboit'' means ''foaming to the sea'', ''flowing out square'' or ''rolling out in foam, or suddenly widening out after a narrow entrance at its mouth''. The community is an anglicized version of the Mi’kmaq word ''Moosekudoboogwek'' or ''Muskoodeboogwek''. == History == The community was settled in the 1780s mainly by Loyalists. Through the late 18th and early 19th centuries many settlers from Scotland, England and Germany immigrated to the area and they still have descendents in the area, evidenced by prominent family names such as Rowlings, Anderson, and Bayers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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