[1] The settlement consists of a number of properties including a dwelling with a small cafe which also provides craft facilities.
As noted in the history section, there is a small museum that pays homage to the Falklands Conflict as well as local nature and culture.
[2] San Carlos grew in the early twentieth century around a factory which froze sheep carcasses.
[citation needed] In 1982 San Carlos was the main British Army bridgehead during the Falklands War, when it was codenamed "Blue Beach".
[3] A museum and the Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos commemorate that period.