Marshalltown, Nova Scotia
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Marshalltown is a
rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically desc ...
community located just west of Digby. There was once an almshouse and poor farm. Marshalltown was the birthplace of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr, father of
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(1847-1931), and it was also the home of
folk art Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind, rather than being exclusively decorative art, decorative. The makers of folk art a ...
ist Maud Lewis (1903-1970) from 1938 until her death. Her small decorated house is preserved at the
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in Halifax while a steel memorial sculpture inspired by the house has been erected at the original site in Marshalltown. A replica of the house and interior is located a few kilometres north of Marshalltown on the road to Digby Neck.


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Marshalltown on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Digby County, Nova Scotia {{DigbyNS-geo-stub