Mon Louis Island, originally known as Isle aux Maraguans or Miragoine, is an
island
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on the coast of the
U.S. state
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of
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
, south of
Mobile. Located in southeastern
Mobile County, it has an average elevation of .
Roughly wide and long, it is bounded by
Fowl River on the north and west,
Mobile Bay
Mobile Bay ( ) is a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Its mouth is formed by the Fort Morgan Peninsula on the eastern side and Dauphin Island, a barrier island on the western side. T ...
on the east, and the
Mississippi Sound
The Mississippi Sound is a sound along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It runs east-west along the southern coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, from the mouth of the Pearl River at the Mississippi-Louisiana state border to the Dauphin Islan ...
on the south.
Mon Louis is traversed by
Alabama State Route 193, which travels in a north to south direction along the eastern edge of the island. The
Gordon Persons Bridge on the southern end of Route 193 connects the island to
Dauphin Island
Dauphin Island, formerly Massacre Island (French language, French: ''Île du Massacre'') is an island town in Mobile County, Alabama, Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on a barrier island of the same name, in the Gulf of Mexico. It incorpora ...
. The
unincorporated communities of
Alabama Port,
Heron Bay, and
Mon Louis are located on the island.
History
Mon Louis Island was first settled in the early 18th century by
French Louisiana
The term French Louisiana ( ; ) refers to two distinct regions:
* First, to Louisiana (New France), historic French Louisiana, comprising the massive, middle section of North America claimed by Early Modern France, France during the 17th and 18th ...
colonists. A land grant was made to Nicholas Baudin, Sieur de Miragouane, on November 12, 1710. Baudin was from
Creoles, along with a mix of ethnic groups.
References
Islands of Alabama">Alabama Creole people">Creoles, along with a mix of ethnic groups.
References
Islands of Alabama
Landforms of Mobile County, Alabama
Mobile Bay
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