| Back Bay | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated area |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Brunswick. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name3: | Saint George |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | New Brunswick Southwest |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Charlotte-The Isles |
| Government Type: | Local service district |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.0561°N -66.8697°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | E5C |
| Area Code: | 506 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
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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.