Worth a visit with good shorthikes in the Theodore Roosevelt area. Several other sites to see in the Timucuan Ecological and Historical National Preserve.
This memorial was the first French colony in the present-day USA. It was originally intended as refuge for the Huguenots until the Spanish destroyed most of the land, making it a memorial today.
Founded in the mid-1500's Fort de la Carolina was France's first planned settlement in what is now the United States. A memorial has been recreated to help our visitors imagine what could have been. The Timucua also inhabited this same region and their traditions and way of life are explained.