Little Bass River is a sub-community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
[2] The year-round population of approximately 60 residents doubles in amount in the summer months when seasonal cottages are occupied.
The local economy employs residents in agriculture, landscaping, retail, auto repair, forestry, and blueberry production.
During the height of industrial activity at the turn of the 20th century, Little Bass had an active timber harvest feeding a busy saw mill, as well as a shipping wharf for exporting timber and a general store.
Local shipbuilders constructed wood sailing ships, of which 8 vessels measured 100–300 feet in length, these being: The first inhabitants were nearly entirely of Ulster Scottish origins; their surnames included Creelman, Fulton, Lewis, O'Brien, Starratt or Starrit, and Wilson.