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Roanoke Colony
The
Roanoke Colony
, also known as the
Lost Colony,
established on
Roanoke Island
, in what is today's
Dare County
,
North Carolina
,
United States
, was a late 16th-century attempt by
Queen Elizabeth I
to establish a permanent
English settlement
. The colony was founded by
Sir Walter Raleigh
.
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