Further inland are the Sandhills, ancient dunes from what used to be South Carolina's coast millions of years ago.

Here the ancient dunes had compacted and consolidated into gentle undulations, and they now supported abundant plant life.

Stout Creek sources deep in an oak, maple and white pine woodland and winds its way Southwesterly through ancient dunes and spring beds.

The horizontal lines crisscrossing the ancient dunes indicate the direction the wind blew the sand, which is now rock-hard and dotted with pinyon trees.

The underlying base of the hills consists of partly stabilized ancient transverse dunes, reflecting a west-to-east wind and nearly unlimited sand supply.

It is a plant of the well-drained yellow and white sands that remain from the ancient dunes that once covered this section of Central Florida.

Scientists suspect this is what killed the juvenile ankylosaurs on the cliff, where the sandstone is the lithified remnant of an ancient dune.

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The holiday area spreads into the neighboring town, Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière, which wasbuilt on an ancient dune.

The boardwalk passes through a variety of natural habitats ranging from ancient dunes to freshwater sloughs.