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ATCHA is located in the centre of the Village of Tusket, NS Canada. Tusket is nine miles from Yarmouth, NS on Rte. 3 (Lighthouse Rte.) or Exit 33 from Highway 103. Download NS map(157K) or (77K) |
TUSKET
This community is situated on the Tusket River on the south shore of Nova Scotia. Its name evolved from the Indian name, Neketaouksit, "a great, forked, tidal river."
[Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: the author, 1967]
The Municipality of the District of Argyle is a region within the County of Yarmouth (shown below).