Back Bay | |
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Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 66°52′11″W / 45.05611°N 66.86972°W | |
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Province | ![]() |
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) | |
Area code | 506 |
Highways | ![]() |
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]
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
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.
Back Bay | |
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Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 66°52′11″W / 45.05611°N 66.86972°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
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) | |
Area code | 506 |
Highways | ![]() |
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]
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
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.