Mobile has about 6 kilometres of
paved side roads (Cod Seine Cove Road, Gus O'Reilly's Road, Steve O'Reilly's Road, Ambrose Carey's Road, Mill Road, The Track, and Riverhead Road). Gravelled Mobile Road travels into the country to the west off Highway 10 to numerous summer cabins, Mobile First Pond and Mobile Big Pond.
ROADWAYS
Yes, roads
Mobile Bay is a fairly large (about 2.7 km long and 3 km wide at the mouth), rough-at-times, deep (about 40 metres at the mouth) bay, open to the east and southeast. The bay's shorelines are rocky and mostly steep with a cobble beach north of the river estuary. Cleared fields and pastures, and a well-developed trail (a well-known part of the East Coast Trail) are found along both the north and south sides of the bay. Foundations of settler houses and fishing rooms can be found along the shoreline. A small, flat area along Mobile River inland from the beach contains about half of the residential homes with the remainder along Highway 10 and on the hills on either side of the bay and river valley.
WHALES AND BIRDS
And Other Wildlife
Mobile Bay is famous for its humpback and minke whale sightings. From early summer to late fall, pods of both whales frequent the bay and other species visit from time to time. Whales can be viewed from shore and, from the steep sides of the bay, sometimes even closer than is possible on a tour boat.
Green Island, part of the offshore seabird sanctuary in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, lies off the north point of Mobile Bay and, during the summer, puffins, murres, cormorants, kittiwakes and other gull species, terns, and a variety of other seabirds can be seen in the bay.
Along Mobile River, at Mobile First Pond and Mobile Big Pond, all within hiking distance of the community, moose, caribou, fox, beaver, rabbits, otters, muskrats, mink, owls, eagles, ospreys, hawks, loons, ducks, Canada geese, ruffed grouse, snipe, partridge, and a host of songbirds can be spotted.
The Avalon Wilderness Reserve borders the western end of Mobile Big Pond and is a popular destination for hunters, fishers, and wilderness adventurers.
The waters flowing into Mobile Bay are inhabited by brook trout, brown trout, Atlantic salmon, American eels, threespine sticklebacks, and a small population of Arctic char.
Blueberries, partridgeberries, bakeapples, cranberries, and other edible berries can be picked on the hills around Mobile.
Detailed descriptions of some of the flora and fauna of the area can be found at "Two Dozen and Ten Tales of the East Coast Trail".
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