Back Bay
Unincorporated area
Back Bay is located in New Brunswick
Back Bay
Back Bay
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 66°52′11″W / 45.05611°N 66.86972°W / 45.05611; -66.86972
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 code506
Highways Route 172

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. Back Bay is a local descriptive being on the opposite side of a peninsula from Letete.[1] It is the centre of a large aquaculture operation and is also home to the Back Bay Elementary School.[2]

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 (established in 1872),[3] two stores, and two churches.[4] Back Bay was home to a Connors brothers sardine factory for many years until its closure in the late 1990's

Aquaculture

A process called Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in the Bay includes Atlantic cod,[5] 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.[6] There is a large aquaculture presence in Back Bay with main businesses such as Cookes Aquaculture and Mowi. There is also a lobster processing plant located in Back Bay which is owned by Bayshore lobster. There is also a large commercial fishing industry with the main fisheries being Lobster, Scallop, fish dragging, and rockweeding.

References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 70. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
  2. ↑ "Back Bay Elementary School". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 70. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
  4. ↑ "Back Bay". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Existing aquaculture sites in Bay Management". Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Organic kelp almost ready for market". Aquaculture North America. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-12-07.


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