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
Unincorporated area
Back Bay
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 66°52′11″W
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
ParishSaint George
Electoral Districts
Federal
New Brunswick Southwest
ProvincialCharlotte-The Isles
Government
 • TypeLocal service district
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)
E5C
Area code(s)506
Highways Route 172

History
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
  1. "Back Bay Elementary School". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  2. "Back Bay". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. "Existing aquaculture sites in Bay Management". Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. "Organic kelp almost ready for market". Aquaculture North America. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-12-07.



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