Fort George Island Cultural State Park

See also: Fort George Island

Fort George Island Cultural State Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Tabby Ruins
LocationDuval County, Florida, USA
Nearest cityJacksonville, Florida
Coordinates30°25′41″N 81°25′31.6″W / 30.42806°N 81.425444°W / 30.42806; -81.425444
Established1989
Governing bodyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection

Fort George Island Cultural State Park is a Florida state park located on Fort George Island in far northeast Duval County/Jacksonville, Florida. The site was previously very near a major Timucua (Native American) center, where Spaniards founded the mission of San Juan del Puerto, It is home to the Ribault Inn Club, constructed in 1928 as a winter resort and now used as a visitors' center for the nearby Kingsley Plantation and the island as a whole.

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