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Jubilee is the name used locally for a natural phenomenon that occurs sporadically on the shores of Mobile Bay, a large body of water on Alabama's Gulf Coast. During a jubilee many species of crab and shrimp , as well as flounder , eels , and other demersal fish will leave deeper waters and swarm —in large numbers and very high density —in ...
The Jubilee Parkway is a pair of parallel concrete viaduct bridges that carry Interstate 10 across Mobile Bay from the George Wallace Tunnel on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama eastbound to Spanish Fort/Daphne, Alabama. The bridges are similar in design to the pre-Hurricane Katrina I-10 Twin Span Bridge near New Orleans, Louisiana. Each of ...
Alabama Jubilee may refer to: Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic; Mobile Bay jubilee, a periodic natural summer phenomenon wherein sea life comes near shore
English: A map of Mobile Bay, Alabama, U.S.A. showing prevailing surface currents and most common sites for the phenomenon known as the "Mobile Bay Jubilee" Date 23 May 2008
Alabama (/ ˌ æ l ə ˈ b æ m ə / ⓘ AL-ə-BAM-ə) [9] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states. [10] [11]
Bayou La Batre – Seafood Capital of Alabama [11] Bessemer – The Marvel City [12] [failed verification] Birmingham. B'ham [13] [14] Bombingham; The Magic City [15] The Pittsburgh of the South [16] [17] The Steel City [18] The Tragic City [19] Cedar Bluff – Crappie Capital of the World [20] Daphne – The Jubilee City [21] Decatur ...
On early maps, the bay was named as Bahía del Espíritu Santo (Bay of the Holy Spirit). The area was explored in more detail in 1516 by Diego Miruelo and in 1519 by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda . In 1528, Pánfilo de Narváez travelled through what was likely the Mobile Bay area, encountering Native Americans who fled and burned their towns at ...
Belle Fontaine (/ ˌ b ɛ l f ɒ n ˈ t ɛ n /; French: [bɛl fɔ̃ˈtɛn] ⓘ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on the western shore of Mobile Bay.