Oak Bay, New Brunswick

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Oak Bay
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Oak Bay
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°13′51″N67°11′31″W / 45.23083°N 67.19194°W / 45.23083; -67.19194
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
County Charlotte
Parish Saint David
Electoral Districts
Federal

New Brunswick Southwest
Provincial Charlotte-Campobello
Government
  Type Local service district
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)
E3L
Area code 506
Highways
NB 170.svg Route 170

NB 755.svg Route 755

Oak Bay is a Canadian rural community in Charlotte County, New Brunswick. [1]

Oak Bay generally refers to the residential areas surrounding the head of Passamaquoddy Bay which is known as Oak Bay.

It is the northernmost section of Passamaquoddy Bay, into which the St. Croix River empties. Its extent fluctuates with the Bay of Fundy tidal changes, so that its northern section changes from approximately 30 feet (9.1 m) in depth at high tide to exposed ocean floor at low tide. [2]

The rural community of Oak Bay lies on the shores of this embayment. [3]

Located in the centre of the bay is Spoon Island, named so as it resembles an overturned spoon.

References

  1. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Oak Bay
  2. Gates, Olcott (1989). "The Geology and Geophysics of the Passamaquoddy Bay Area, Maine and New Brunswick, and their Bearing on Local Subsidence".
  3. "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick". archives.gnb.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-25.