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Known as Lago
de la Santísima Trinidad under Spanish and Mexican governments, this
bay was (more recently) to be the water playground for the would-be
resort of Riviera Beach.
Sometimes known as Salt Lagoon, the three fingered bay is also
the mouth of Los Olmos Creek.
The bay projects inland from Laguna Madre and the thin barrier
provided by Padre Island. During the Civil War Confederate
blockade runners sent cotton to Baghdad Mexico using Laguna Madre
which was too shallow to allow Union pursuit.
The south shore of Baffin Bay forms the northern boundary of the Kenedy
Ranch. |
Photographer's
Note:
This closed entrance to Baffin Bay is at the end of 1546. Take 77
south to 771 (Riviera) and turn left,
then turn right on 1546.
This was a lonely little spot, a gray contrast to the bay so popular
with fishermen and birdwatchers, but ideal for those of us who find
beauty in junkpiles.
The Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park County park (Loyola
Beach) on Baffin Bay is ideal for fisherman and campers, and always
filled with winter Texans. - Sarah
Reveley |
Kleberg
County 1920s map showing Baffin Bay
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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