No restaurants, no gas stations, no convenience stores, or shops-you’ll only find local residents and the small Oyster Bay Baptist Church, which is a renovated building that was originally constructed in 1923. There is no sign of tourism of any kind on the island. Local fisherman take cover from the brutal sun under the low bridge that provides the only road access to the island as they patiently drop their lines in hopes of landing the speckled trout, redfish, sheepshead, and flounder that are abundant in the mixture of fresh and saltwater below. You can catch a glimpse of dolphins surfacing in the bay and see the old and new ships being serviced and refurbished at Nelson’s Boatyard. The two-or-so-mile drive down County Road 4 seems endless as any evidence of tourism completely disappears.Ĭross over the 50-yard bridge that connects Gulf Shores to Plash Island-a small, quaint, island community-and you will begin to see life again. Holmes Bridge and begin the long, empty, somewhat boring trek down Oyster Bay Road.
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And to cease actions for signage to designate the name changes. This Petition is brought by many property owners and many life-long residents of the Oyster Bay/Plash Island community.
We feel that these name changes would be detrimental to our property values and have a negative impact on our community image and cause confusion in maps, GPS, and community identity. Oyster Bay Community name change to “South Bon Secour” or any other name. Our community is known as Oyster Bay by both locals and visitors, alike. We are happy to have our own identity and consider it a positive. Making a name change would serve no purpose. “South” Bon Secour is a new designation and the names “North” and “South” Bon Secour were not used. Our community, is a 20 minute drive from Bon Secour.
The community of Oyster Bay has never had a Bon Secour address. It has a Gulf Shores address and many of the properties were voluntarily annexed into Gulf Shores years ago. Our city water and sewer and also the police and fire protection are administered through the City of Gulf Shores.
The actual town of Bon Secour, AL was always a larger more established community.
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It had its own school, Post Office, zip code, many churches, grocery stores and gas stations. The name of the only church was changed to Oyster Bay Baptist Church from Bon Secour in 1972. This resolved a lot of confusion between the two communities and the name, Oyster Bay, became more widely used. Previously, guest speakers and visitors would drive around lost in Bon Secour instead of coming to Oyster Bay.
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