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A map showing Perdido Bay and the Perdido River. Perdido Bay is a bay at the mouth of and draining the Perdido River, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, in Baldwin County, Alabama and Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is essentially a coastal lagoon enclosed by barrier islands, with an inlet, Perdido Pass.
The Perdido River, also historically known as Rio Perdido or by its native name of Cassaba, [1] [2] is a 65.4-mile-long (105.3 km) [3] river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida; the Perdido, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, forms part of the boundary between the two states along nearly its entire length and drains into the Gulf of Mexico.
The original bridge was operated by the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company, but ownership was transferred to the states of Alabama and Florida when a second bridge was completed in 1930. [10] The bridge was originally operated as a toll bridge, but tolls were discontinued in 1943. [11] The current bridge was completed in 1980. [7]
Perdido Beach is a town located on the northern shore of Perdido Bay, between the mouths of Soldier Creek and Palmetto Creek in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. In an April 2009 plebiscite, over 60% of local voters supported incorporation as a town. [ 2 ]
Perdido Pass, separating Alabama Point from Florida Point, is the mouth of the Perdido River.Perdido Pass forms a water passage that connects Perdido Bay with the Gulf of Mexico to the south, in the U.S. state of Alabama, 2 miles (3 km) west of the Alabama/Florida state line.
Perdido Bay, a bay at the mouth of and draining the Perdido River in Alabama and Florida; Perdido Key, a barrier island in Alabama and Florida; Perdido River, in Alabama and Florida, U.S. Monte Perdido (French: Mont Perdu), mountain in the Pyrenees
Padre Bay, located in Kane and San Juan counties, Utah. The bay is the largest expanse of open water in Lake Powell; Perdido Bay, in Perdido River, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, in Baldwin County, Alabama and Escambia County, Florida, United States ("Lost") San Carlos Bay; San Francisco Bay, California; San Pablo Bay, California
The Perdido Bay Lumber Company mill was the largest mill in Millview, measuring 175 feet x 55 feet. The mill contained one engine, a gang saw , two circular saws, and six boilers. [ 6 ] The Southern States Lumber Company purchased much of the land in Millview after the Civil War and donated land for a church and school.