Park Ark Creek

Ark Creek Park is a museum and biosphere center located in Miami, Florida. There are many opportunities for both nature recreation and exploring the ancient history of these places. This is the only place in the district where archaeological research and excavations were conducted. In a small museum in the park you can see how the ancient tribes of the Tekesta Indians lived, who inhabited the local mangrove forests from time immemorial BC.

The name Arch Creek means “arch above the stream”. And indeed, in the park you can see a unique natural limestone arch bridge over the stream. This bridge served the Tekesta Indians to move across the water barrier and to fish directly from the bridge. Near the stream were areas of oak forest, many edible plants, nuts and berries.

The Bay of Biscay, which is no more than a kilometer away, was the main source of food for the Indians, because here they caught fish and turtles. To the north, there are plantations of Zamiya - plants whose roots were processed by the Indians into edible starch.

Near the stream you can see the remains of a water wheel built by the first settlers who arrived from Europe in 1858. They watched as the Indians mined starch and decided to build a small factory for processing zamia. The energy of the water wheel was used to crush the roots.