Shediac Bay

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Shediac Bay
Parlee Beach faces the Shediac Bay
Coordinates	46°22′N 64°53′W / 46.367°N 64.883°W / 46.367; -64.883Coordinates: 46°22′N 64°53′W / 46.367°N 64.883°W / 46.367; -64.883
Area	122 square kilometres (47 sq mi)

Shediac Bay is a tidal embayment, an extension of the Northumberland Strait in New Brunswick, Canada.

It is located about 50 km (31 mi) north-east of Moncton. The nearest population centre is Shediac. There is a large island in the bay, Shediac Island. There is one major beach, Parlee Beach, which runs close. The bay contains which is a popular boating and fishing area. The Canadian Coast Guard maintain an inshore rescue boat station (CCG IRB Shediac) at Pointe du Chêne. The bay was a stopover location for Italo Balbo's transatlantic mass flight in 1933.

Major streams feeding into the bay are the , Bateman Brook, and .^[1]

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Notable landforms and features nearby:

• Parlee Beach Provincial Park
• Greater Shediac
• Pointe-du-Chêne

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