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.
[Nova Scotia Geographical Names ]
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The world's largest open pit gypsum mine, owned by National Gypsum Company National Gypsum Company is a company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that produces drywall gypsum boards in the US. It has 17 gypsum board plants in the US and presents itself as a fully integrated building products manufacturer. It is a private ...
, is located partially in Carroll's Corner. The discovery of mastodon fossils in the mine in 1991[Fossils of Nova Scotia - 1991 Mastodon Discovery - ] led to the community's annual week-long 'Mastodon Days' celebration in July.
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External links
HRM Civic Address Map
Communities in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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