Chaswood (formerly named Taylorville) is a
rural
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community in the
Musquodoboit Valley
The Musquodoboit Valley ( ) is a valley and region in the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is administratively located in the municipality's Musquodoboit Valley & Dutch Settlement planning area and the western edge of the ...
northwest of
Middle Musquodoboit in
Nova Scotia
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, Canada. Chaswood is named in honour of
Charles Carroll Wood.
Chaswood is located in the
Halifax Regional Municipality
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. Chaswood is situated in the
Southwest Branch Musquodoboit. Other communities in this branch include,
Cooks Brook,
Carrolls Corner, and
Dutch Settlement. Before Taylorville, Chaswood was called Charleswood, only later to be shortened to Chaswood. The first post office and general store in Chaswood were located across from the Walter Webster homestead.
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