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Back Bay, New Brunswick

Back Bay
Unincorporated community
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; -66.86972Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 66°52′11″W / 45.05611°N 66.86972°W / 45.05611; -66.86972
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 AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)
Postal code(s) E5C
Area code(s) 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.

Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture at the site 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.

In 1866 Back Bay was a fishing and farming community, with a population of about 30 resident families. The population had grown by 1871 to approximately 200 people. And in 1898 Back Bay was a port of entry with one post office, two stores, two churches and a population of 300.

It is the site of the Back Bay Elementary School.





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