Musquodoboit Valley & Dutch Settlement, Nova Scotia

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Musquodoboit Valley
/ Dutch Settlement
Administrative Region
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Musquodoboit Valley & Dutch Settlement planning area of municipal Halifax.
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Musquodoboit Valley
/ Dutch Settlement
Location within Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°3′6.98″N63°7′51.15″W / 45.0519389°N 63.1308750°W / 45.0519389; -63.1308750 Coordinates: 45°3′6.98″N63°7′51.15″W / 45.0519389°N 63.1308750°W / 45.0519389; -63.1308750
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
ProvinceFlag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia
Municipality Halifax Regional Municipality
Founded1996 (as planning area)
Communities Antrim, Beaver Dam, Brookvale, Caribou Mines, Carroll's Corner, Chaplin, Chaswood, College Lake, Cooks Brook, Dean, Dutch Settlement, East Loon Lake, Elderbank, Elmsvale, Elmsdale, Glenmore, Governor Lake, Greenwood, Higginsville, Lake Egmont, Lindsay Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Meaghers Grant, Middle Musquodoboit, Milford, Mill Lake, Moose River Gold Mines, Murchyville, Pleasant Valley, South Section, Ten Mile Lake, Upper Musquodoboit, Wyses Corner
Government
  CouncilMarine Drive Valley & Canal Community Council
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
Area code(s) 902
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Musquodoboit Valley / Dutch Settlement is a Canadian administrative region in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.

It is a rural area across the northern part of Halifax County comprising the Musquodoboit Valley and the areas through to the county line in the Shubenacadie Valley, terminating at the community of Dutch Settlement. [1]

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References

  1. "Community Plans". Halifax. Halifax Regional Municipality . Retrieved 10 October 2015.