He arrived in western Pennsylvania in the mid 18th century and built a sizeable village at the confluence of French Creek and North Deer Creek in Mercer County, PA.
The fort was built by the Order of Saint John after the 1551 attack, on the peninsula then known as Isola di San Michele formed by Dockyard Creek and French Creek in Grand Harbour.
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French Creek State Park is considered by some as the "Orienteering Capital of North America".
Several other sites listed by the National Register of Historic Places are within a couple of miles of the site, including Hockley Mill Farm, to the east on Warwick Furnace Road, Warrenpoint to the north, Warwick Mills to the west, and Brower's Bridge upstream (west) on the South Branch of French Creek.