Canopy Shores History

Canopy Shores Park lies along the Matanzas River, an area that has attracted human activity for thousands of years. Indigenous people took advantage of higher terrain, drained soils, and a multitude of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems along the shore. Adjacent marshlands served as a food source, and well-drained soils helped support habitable and prosperous native communities. The surrounding region is suspected to have been the site of a large Timucuan village before the arrival of Europeans. Large shell middens and other features indicate intensive, long-term occupation of this region across a 4,000-year span, as well as historic material dating to the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

St. Augustine Shores, Florida · United States