Back Bay, New Brunswick


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. It is the centre of a large aquaculture operation and is also home to the Back Bay Elementary School.

History

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, two stores, and two churches.

Aquaculture

A process called Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in the Bay includes Atlantic cod, saccharina latissima, alaria esculenta, blue mussels, and Atlantic salmon, produced in a collaborative project by the University of New Brunswick and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Cooke Aquaculture.