Fish River (Alabama)

Fish River

Fish River is a 28.9-mile-long (46.5 km)[1] river in Baldwin County, Alabama. It originates at , near Stapleton, and discharges into Weeks Bay at in Magnolia Springs.[2] It was named by the original French colonists as the Riviere Aux Poissons,[2] which can be translated into English as Fish River.

References

  1. ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/. Retrieved Feb. 18, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fish River (Alabama)