Special features at Fort Simcoe

Park Features

The park features rich interpretive opportunities, which explore mid-19th century life and the clash of cultures that took place when settlers and Indians vied for the same territory.

Fort Simcoe State Park is one of the largest gathering areas in the Northwest of the Lewis's woodpecker. Named after explorer Meriwether Lewis of the Corps of Discovery, Lewis’s woodpeckers are among the most specialized of all American woodpeckers in fly-catching behavior. Unlike other American woodpeckers, 60 percent of the Lewis’s feeding time is spent fly catching. The woodpeckers can be located throughout the park, with the best viewing areas near the officer’s houses and the picnic area.