Last updated: April 10, 2024
Place
Historic Hacienda de la Canoa
NPS / Kimberly Twardochleb
Quick Facts
Location:
La Canoa, Arizona
Significance:
Historic Anza Expedition Campsites #15-16 and Historic Ranch
Designation:
National Register of Historic Places
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Amenities
9 listed
Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information, Parking - Auto, Picnic Shelter/Pavilion, Picnic Table, Restroom, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Trailhead
La Canoa (the "watering trough") was the first campsite after the Anza expedition left its final assembly point at Tubac Presidio. It is refered to as Campsite #15 on the expedition. Here on the evening of October 23rd, 1775, José Antonio Capistrano Féliz was born feet first and sadly his mother, María Ignacia Manuela Piñuelas Féliz, died the next morning.
Father Font and the colonists said the Rosary and sang "Salve de la Virgen de los Dolores" for the deceased as they reached Punta de los Llanos (Campsite #16).
Historic Hacienda de la Canoa is located on the Raúl M. Grijalva Canoa Ranch Conservation Park and includes an exhibit about the Anza Expedition and an NPS Anza Trail Passport Stamp (Anza NHT passport stamp #5 - find a list of passport stamp locations here).
The Raúl M. Grijalva Canoa Ranch Conservation Park comprises 4,800 acres of the original San Ignacio de la Canoa Grant. Historic Canoa Ranch is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.