 The community is an anglicized version of the Mi’kmaq word "Moosekudoboogwek" or "Muskoodeboogwek".The community was settled in the 1780s mainly by Loyalists.Through the late 18th and early 19th centuries many settlers from Scotland, England and Germany immigrated to the area and they still have descendants in the area, evidenced by prominent family names such as Tibbo, Rowlings, Anderson, Gaetz, and Bayers.