The community includes the locales of Ivanhoe, West Musquash and Clinch's Mills. Both the Musquash and Go Home Rivers empty into Georgian Bay. The lake is fed at its most northern point by the Musquash River. It is located west southwest of the community of Prince of Wales in Musquash Parish. In 1870, the Musquash Colonization Road was built, connecting Gravenhurst to Musquash Falls (now Bala). Musquash is an Abenaki word meaning "muskrat". Musquash is a Canadian parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick. Musquash is a Canadian rural community in Saint John County, New Brunswick.