Mon Louis Island, originally known as Isle aux Maraguans, is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An isla ...

on the coast of the U.S. state of

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

, 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. The ...

on the east, and the Mississippi Sound on the south. Mon Louis is traversed by

Alabama State Route 193 State Route 193 (SR 193) is a route that serves as the primary travel route into Dauphin Island through southern Mobile County. South of its intersection with Laurendine Road, SR 193 is known as Dauphin Island Parkway, with the northern half of ...

, which travels in a north to south direction along the eastern edge of the island. The

Gordon Persons Bridge The Dauphin Island Bridge, formally the Gordon Persons Bridge, carries a , two-lane section of Alabama State Route 193 from mainland Mobile County, Alabama across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to Dauphin Island. The natural channel followed by t ...

on the southern end of Route 193 connects the island to

Dauphin Island Dauphin Island is an island town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on a barrier island of the same name, in the Gulf of Mexico. It incorporated in 1988. The population was 1,778 at the 2020 census, up from 1,238 at the 2010 census. The ...

. 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 colonial French Louisiana, comprising the massive, middle section of North America claimed by France during the 17th and 18th centuries; and, * second, to modern French Louisi ...

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

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