Carroll's Corner, Nova Scotia Explained

Official Name:Carrolls Corner, Nova Scotia
Settlement Type:Rural Community
Pushpin Map:Nova Scotia
Pushpin Label Position:none
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Halifax Regional Municipality
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1843
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:45.006°N -63.3814°W
Postal Code Type:Canadian Postal Code
Postal Code:B0N
Area Code:902
Blank Name:Telephone Exchange
Blank Info:758

Carroll's Corner is a rural community in the northwestern part of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Musquodoboit Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. The community is located along Highway 277 and extends to the North and South along the Milford Road and Antrim Road, respectively. The community was named after its first settler, John Carroll.[1]

The world's largest open pit gypsum mine, owned by National Gypsum Company, is located partially in Carroll's Corner. The discovery of mastodon fossils in the mine in 1991[2] led to the community's annual week-long 'Mastodon Days' celebration in July.

References

  1. Nova Scotia Geographical Names - http://www.nsplacenames.ca/
  2. Fossils of Nova Scotia - 1991 Mastodon Discovery - Web site: Mastodon in Nova Scotia . 2011-01-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110515011950/http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/mastodon/index.htm . 2011-05-15 .

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