Musquodoboit Harbour is a rural community located in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Halifax Regional Municipality.

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.

Beginning in 1852, the stage coach travelled from Musquodoboit Harbour to Dartmouth at a cost of 5 shillings.

A station was completed in 1918 and today houses the Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum, which also serves as the local tourism office in summer.

[1] Today, the former railbed has been converted into a rail trail, which starts at the former railway station and parallels the river, running 15 km north-northwestwards to Gibraltar.

But by now, the two-story house was in flames and the dozen family members who lived there could only watch helplessly as it burned to the ground.

The loss motivated Garth Young and other people in the community to establish their own fire department.

From October 6, 2008 to December 31, 2008, the crew was made up of a career Lieutenant and a casual worker taken from the station's own volunteers.

On January 1, 2009 the station was officially staffed with career personnel, Monday to Friday, with anywhere between 2 and 4 people, depending on the needs.

The yacht club hosts an annual regatta-the Shearwater to Petpeswick Race, Canada Day festivities and a number of dances and social events throughout the year.