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.
[5] The annual Halifax County Exhibition is held the 3rd week of August in the community.
[9] Musquodoboit Valley Education Centre (MVEC) is a feeder school of MRHS.