Back Bay, New Brunswick
Back Bay is an unincorporated settlement in New Brunswick, Canada on the shore of a bay of the same name in the Bay of Fundy. It is the centre of a large aquaculture operation and is also home to the Back Bay Elementary School.[1]
Back Bay | |
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![]() ![]() Back Bay Location within New Brunswick. | |
Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 66°52′11″W | |
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County | Charlotte |
Parish | Saint George |
Electoral Districts Federal | New Brunswick Southwest |
Provincial | Charlotte-The Isles |
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• Type | Local service district |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Postal code(s) | E5C |
Area code(s) | 506 |
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History
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Hillside view of village picnic at Back Bay, early 1900s
In 1866 Back Bay was a farming and fishing community of about 30 families. The in 1871 was 200 people, growing to 300 by 1898 with a post office, two stores, and two churches.[2]
Aquaculture
A process called Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in the Bay includes Atlantic cod,[3] saccharina latissima (sugar kelp), alaria esculenta (winged kelp), blue mussels, and Atlantic salmon, produced in a collaborative project by the University of New Brunswick and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Cooke Aquaculture.[4]
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References
- "Back Bay Elementary School". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- "Back Bay". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- "Existing aquaculture sites in Bay Management". Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- "Organic kelp almost ready for market". Aquaculture North America. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
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