Back Bay, New Brunswick

Back Bay
Unincorporated area
Back Bay Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 66°52′11″W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Parish	Saint George
Electoral Districts Federal	New Brunswick Southwest
Provincial	Charlotte-The Isles
Government
• Type	Local service district
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E5C
Area code	506
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. It is the centre of a large aquaculture operation and is also home to the Back Bay Elementary School.

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), two stores, and two churches. Back Bay was home to a Connors brothers sardine factory for many years until its closure in the late 1990s

Aquaculture

A process called Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in the Bay includes Atlantic cod, 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. 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.