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Back Bay, New Brunswick

Back Bay, New Brunswick
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New Brunswick Southwest
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Federal New Brunswick Southwest

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, where Green's Point Lighthouse guides ships into the safe waters. 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 population 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.

References

References

  1. Hamilton, William. (1978). "The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names". Macmillan.
  2. "Back Bay Elementary School".
  3. Hamilton, William. (1978). "The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names". Macmillan.
  4. "Back Bay".
  5. "Existing aquaculture sites in Bay Management". Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.
  6. (2014-09-04). "Organic kelp almost ready for market". Aquaculture North America.
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