Mushaboom, Nova Scotia

Mushaboom is a rural community on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a part of the Halifax Regional Municipality and lies along the Marine Drive on Trunk 7. The community is located about 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of Sheet Harbour. and east of Taylor Head Provincial Park.[4][5] The song "Mushaboom" by Nova Scotia-born Canadian musician Feist is named after this community.

This article is about the Canadian community. For the Feist song, see Mushaboom (song).
Mushaboom
Rural Community
Mushaboom
Location within Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°51′4.9″N 62°32′6.3″W
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
MunicipalityHalifax Regional Municipality
District2[1]
Founded1818[2]
Government
 • Governing CouncilHalifax Regional Council
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
GNBC CodeCBAWU[3]
Highways Trunk 7
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

The name Mushaboom is likely a shortened form of the Mi'kmaq word Moosaboon-elagwaak which means "a pile of hair". Mi'kmaq legend says that fairies would play ball and run, pulling at one another's hair as they did so. They would pull so hard that locks of hair would come away and then the fairies would scatter the locks on the ground.[2] An early name for the settlement was "Winchelsea Harbour", likely named for a ship on which the founders of Halifax arrived in 1749. The area was barren and unsettled in 1818, but by 1827, 14 families lived here and the community was referred to as '"Taylor's Bay" or "Chelsea Bay".[2]

Mushaboom is located primarily on the eastern shore of Mushaboom Harbour.[5] Taylor Head Provincial Park comprises the western shore of the harbour.[6][7] Numerous islands are located in the harbour, the largest of which include Malagash Island and Boutilier Island.[8][9] Various coves along the harbour indent the coastline of the community.[10][11] A beluga whale sanctuary had been proposed between two islands south of the community, in a passage known locally as "The Gates". The sanctuary was declined by the public and has been relocated to Sherbrooke.[12]


References

Citations
  1. "Current Polling District Boundaries". Halifax Regional Municipality. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. Scott 2011, p. 173.
  3. "Mushaboom". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. "Google Maps". Google. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. "Mushaboom Harbour". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. "Google Maps". Google. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. "Taylor Head Provincial Park" (PDF). Nova Scotia Natural Resources. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  8. "Malagash Island". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  9. "Boutilier Island". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  10. "Powers Cove". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  11. "Malagash Cove". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  12. "Meeting on whale sanctuary in Sheet Harbour gets heated as opponents list concerns". CTV. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

Bibliography

Scott, David (2011). Nova Scotia Place Names. DESPUB. ISBN 978-0-9865370-1-1.

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