CTM: Fort Congaree Traditional Cache

Hours of Operation:

The Timmerman Trail is open to visitors from 6am til 9pm.

Historical Information:

Fort Congaree was first built in the early 1700’s near a Native American trading post along Congaree creek. It was a crossroads of the Catawba and Cherokee Nations and the staging point for backcountry development in the state. Above the Congaree was no man’s land, although both tribes traveled the riverbanks to fish and hunt. Eswa Huppiday meaning “Line River” divided the territory with the Catawba claiming the land to the north and the Cherokee hunting the lands to the south. This was the Broad River. As early settlers began to move inland from the coast seeking fertile farmlands, native populations were displaced and populations declined as a result of smallpox epidemics brought to the continent by European settlers. Eventually the expansion reached the Congaree River Valley. Affluent planters introduced the plantation system and took advantage of the existing native infrastructure, converting trading paths to roads and ferries crossings across the swamp as a means of transporting goods back to Charleston for market.

Cache Information:

Parking for the cache is given on this page.

The cache location is about 200 feet from what was once the site of Fort Congaree. If you look out from the bridge here you can see the site. You can see the foundations that were once used for walls, and there is sometimes even excavation going on here! Please do not go off the trail, and do not go to the site of the fort, the area is off limits, but you should have a good view of it here!

You are looking for a small lock and lock container hidden in a typical caching style.

Permission granted by: The River Alliance