Martock, Nova Scotia

{{Short description|Human settlement in Nova Scotia, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| subdivision_name2 = West Hants

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| title = Place names: Martock

| url = https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=CAXSP |accessdate=6 February 2025

| website = Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Natural Resources Canada}}

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| postal_code = B0N 2T0

| area_code = 902

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| named_for = Martock, England

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Martock is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the West Hants Regional Municipality.

The namesake of the community is Martock House, which was the original estate in the area. The Georgian style mansion was built in 1790 by Col. John Butler of England and originally boasted more than {{convert|4000|acre|km2}} of land. Butler was given the estate and a number of slaves by George III and would name the estate for his birthplace of Martock, England.{{cite web|title=Place-names and Places of Nova Scotia|url=https://novascotia.ca/archives/places/page.asp?ID=418|website=Nova Scotia Archives|publisher=Province of Nova Scotia|accessdate=15 September 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Hamiton|first1=William Baillie|title=Place Names of Atlantic Canada|date=1996|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=0802075703|edition=illustrated, reprint|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAvyE0pN5akC|accessdate=15 September 2017}} The home was owned by the Sweet family through much of the 19th and all of the 20th century.{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/edward-butler-sweet_22740453 |title=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=December 26, 2015}}

The hills forming the Avon River valley in Martock host the Ski Martock ski resort.{{cite web |last=Convey |first=Emma |date=22 December 2024 |title=Maritimers enjoy perfect conditions for the opening of Ski Martock near Windsor, N.S. |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/maritimers-enjoy-perfect-conditions-for-the-opening-of-ski-martock-near-windsor-ns/ |website=ctvnews.ca |publisher=CTV News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206134621/https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/maritimers-enjoy-perfect-conditions-for-the-opening-of-ski-martock-near-windsor-ns/ |archive-date=6 February 2025 |access-date=6 February 2025}}