Historically the Stewiacke River was home to a population of the Inner Bay of Fundy (IBoF) population of
Atlantic Salmon, A commercial fishery existed on the river until the mid 1980's and a popular sport fishery as well. A promotional movie was filmed in Middle Stewiacke in 1983 by
Lee Wulff and
Joan Wulff titled "Autumn Silver". In 1989, the salmon returns started a steep decline that led to the closure of the Stewiacke as well as all other IBoF rivers. ==See also==