Milton is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located immediately north of Liverpool in the Region of Queens Municipality. The village is most well known for being the birthplace of Margaret Marshall Saunders, an internationally best-selling author whose most famous work was Beautiful Joe.
In 1994, the Beautiful Joe Heritage Society was formed to celebrate the life and story of Beautiful Joe and the achievements of Margaret Marshall Saunders. While the book is set in Meaford, Ontario, the society established a park there dedicated to the story, named Beautiful Joe Park.