Grand Bay (New Brunswick)

The Grand Bay is a body of water at the confluence of the Wolastoq and Kennebecasis rivers in southern New Brunswick, Canada.

The bay is approximately 19.7 km2 and spans across the boundary between Saint John and Kings counties.

[1] The Grand Bay's northern terminus is generally accepted to be Brandy Point on the western bank of the Wolastoq and Lands End on the Kingston Peninsula.

To the south, the Grand Bay extends to Boars Head in Saint John's west side where the river splits into the South Bay and the Pokiok Narrows.

It is often claimed that the Grand Bay was named by Samuel de Champlain in 1604,[3][4][5] but this story is likely apocryphal.

View across the Grand Bay towards Saint John at Lands End on the Kingston Peninsula
View across the Grand Bay towards Saint John at Lands End on the Kingston Peninsula
This map shows both the body of water named Grand Bay and the municipality of the same name. The approximate boundaries of the Grand Bay are shown in blue. The boundaries of the Town of Grand Bay as it existed in 1988 are shown in red.
The approximate boundaries of the Grand Bay (shown in blue) and the boundaries of the Town of Grand Bay as it existed in 1988 (shown in red).