Interesting find! For any non-locals coming across this, the large canal going east-west through Mobile and Oyster bay is a recent, man-made canal [0]. Linking

Interesting find! For any non-locals coming across this, the large canal going east-west through Mobile and Oyster bay is a recent, man-made canal [0]. Linking Bon-Secour river all the way down to Little Lagoon at that time would have been a significant improvement in ease of access to more abundant fishing grounds. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Intracoastal_Waterway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Intracoastal_Waterway