The colonial church of Culion was built around 1740 in the old Spanish fort
The start of the Culion museum itenerary is a film showing of the history of the Island. According to the video, the vast tract of land once owned by the Sandoval in Culion was donated to be utilized as a leprosarium. It was an isolated island then but in the early 1900’s Asuncion Shipping Company (now San Nicholas Shipping) started a missionary trip going to Culion from Coron to serve the community.
A remnant of the fort in San Pedro located somewhere in Burabud is a testimony of a rich history of Culion. In the early 1990’s, it was thought that this fort was already envaded by the roots of balete trees. This was built by the spanish friars (Agustinian Recollects)and is older than the one we now see in Culion proper, the Immaculate Conception Church built by the Jesuits. This fort in San Pedro was more or less built on the same span of date as that in Agutaya, Taytay and Cuyo which forts found in these towns still stand today preserved by the Palawan government. It is about time for the Palawan government to discover this lost fort in San Pedro, Culion to complete the history.