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Welcome to Back Harbour ...

Back Harbour is located on the east coast of Newfoundland (on North Twillingate Island, northeast of the Bay of Exploits).

A typical abbreviation for Back Harbour: Back Hbr. (or less commonly used: Back Harb. or Back Hrbr.)

Back Harbour is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Back Harbour lies in the Newfoundland Time Zone (NST/NDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: NST- Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve (HNT), NDT- Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT).

Area Codes for Back Harbour: 709 & 879<2>

Communities near Back Harbour ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Back Harbour.

  • Summerford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Comfort Cove - Newstead
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Change Islands
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Cottlesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Tizzard's Harbour
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Black Duck Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Manuels Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wild Bight
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Harbour
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lobster Harbour
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Back Harbour ...

Looking for more information about Back Harbour? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Back Harbour, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Back Harbour.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Back Harbour - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 709 code has been Overlayed with the 879 area code. New phone numbers in the Back Harbour area will be assigned with one of these codes: 709 or 879. As a result, placing a call in the Back Harbour area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.