Dauphin Island is a small town in Alabama, on an island on the Gulf Coast with the same name. The island is known for its wonderful long white beaches and large number of forts. One of them, 19th-century Fort Gaines, has a blacksmith shop and the original cannons. The Audubon Bird Sanctuary is great place to observe migrating birds in the park’s dunes, forest, and swamp. The Alabama Aquarium at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab has a large aquarium with native marine species, exhibits that feature Alabama’s coastal habitats, and a boardwalk through the marsh. Fort Morgan is another island fort, a star masonry fort at the entrance to Mobile Bay. Sand Island Light is an old decommissioned lighthouse just off the island, near the entrance to the bay.

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