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Where the Waters Meet
Visit one of the last unspoiled coastal wetlands on the Atlantic Coast. Discover 6,000 years of human history and experience the beauty of salt marshes, coastal dunes, and hardwood hammocks.
The Timucuan Preserve includes Fort Caroline and Kingsley Plantation. Learn about other activities in the park in the Plan Your Visit section.
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Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Caroline memorializes the short-lived French presence in sixteenth century Florida. Here you will find stories of exploration, survival, religious disputes, territorial battles, and first contact between American Indians and Europeans. The Timucuan Preserve Visitor Center is also located at Fort Caroline. more...
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Kingsley Plantation
Explore life on a nineteenth-century Florida plantation. Discover the stories of the life and times of Zephaniah Kingsley, his African wife Anna, and the hundreds of men, women, and children who were enslaved at the plantation. more...
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Theodore Roosevelt Area
Experience miles of peaceful, wooded nature trails, vast grasslands supporting water and land animals, ancient piles of oyster shells which yield clues about an extinct culture, and the legacy of preservation bequeathed to all by this property's last private owner, Willie Browne. more...
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Kingsley Heritage Celebration
The National Park Service invites the public to the 14th Annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration. This year the event focuses on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which was called by many as the "War of Jubilee". This tumultuous time in our history signaled the end of bondage for more than four million enslaved African Americans. In this conflict, African Americans fought as soldiers, worked as spies, and spoke out against the horrors of slavery. This year's celebration honors the role of African Americans in the Civil War as our nation remembers this important anniversary.
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Write to
12713 Fort Caroline Road
Jacksonville, Florida 32225
E-mail Us
Phone
Visitor Information
(904) 641-7155
Headquarters
(904) 221-5568
Fax
(904) 221-5248
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Climate
Summers are hot and humid, with frequent thunderstorms. Winters are cool, but freezing temperatures are rare.
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One of the Huguenot inhabitants of la Caroline had the surname of "DuVal.” Jacksonville, Florida, where the national memorial is located, is within Duval County which is named for Florida's first civilian
territorial governor, William Pope Duval, a Huguenot descendant.
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Last Updated: January 23, 2012 at 07:22 MST |
