Blacks Harbour provides the mainland gateway to Grand Manan Island (approx. 32 km offshore). The year-round ferry service operates from Blacks Harbour to North Head on Grand Manan. The Swallow Tail lighthouse greets visitors as they arrive by ferry. ...
Fishing has been a vital part of its existence for over 200 years. Connors Bros. Limited was founded in 1885 at Blacks Harbour, now a major international processor of all types of seafood. The company is also a major New Brunswick employer. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
External link
Blacks Harbour Web Site
Recommended reading
Blacks Harbour — Looking Back At Our Beginnings ISBN 0969286805 published in 1985.
NewBrunswick, named after the German city of Braunschweig (English: Brunswick), is bounded on the north by Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and Chaleur Bay and on the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Northumberland Strait.
NewBrunswick's relative location away from the Atlantic coastline hindered new settlement during the immediate post war period; although there were some notable exceptions such as the founding of "The Bend" (present day Moncton) in 1766 by Pennsylvania Dutch settlers sponsored by Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Land Company.
The situation in NewBrunswick was worsened by the Great Fire of 1877 in Saint John and by the decline of the wooden sailing shipbuilding industry.
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