FORT MASSAC

Interstate 24 Rest Area-Westbound
Route 3
Metropolis, IL 62960

HISTORY

Fort Massac Tourist Information Center is named after the Fort Massac State Park. Fort Massac State Park is Illinois' first State Park. In 1757, French soldiers built a wooden fort at the southern tip of Illinois bordering the Ohio River. This wooden fort would later be called Fort Massac, named after the French minister of Colonial Affairs, M. de Massiac. Fort Massac was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in 1908 the fort was dedicated as Illinois' First State Park. Fort Massac Tourist Information Center is located at the entrance of Shawnee National Forest. Also Fort Massac TIC is located on the Ohio Scenic Byway.

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