This place was first settled by Europeans about 1692. The first grant was to Sieur de Gautiers.
Lower Musquodoboit was formerly known as "Meagher's Grant," and was settled in 1799.
Upper Musquodoboit was at one time called "Deacontown" after Samuel Fisher Archibald, who came from Truro and settled here in 1798; he was a deacon. There is a point near called "Mount William," so named owing to the fact that a William Guild, who was drowned in the river, was buried on the Hill.
Used to be called "the Garden of Halifax" and the old settlers claimed that the Indians knew it as "the chosen water."
The Indians named Middle Musquodoboit "Natkamkik" meaning "the river extends up hill," and Upper Musquodoboit they called "Kesokudek," meaning "the road runs over the hill."
MYRA (H.)—A Cove and Island in Blind Bay, Halifax County, called after a family named Myra.
