INTRODUCTION
This webpage will show the fantastic amenities offered at Fort Independence and Castle Island State Park, a 22-acre Park at the Entrance Boston Inner Harbor.
Above is an amazing video from Bastion A on the second tier of the Fort, taken on a Sunday afternoon in August. The video takes a tour from Deer Island, crossing the President Roads and moving South to Blue Hills. On the way through the video, you can see Boston Harbor Lighthouse, Nix Mate, Long Island, Spectacle Island, Thompson Island, and Blue Hills. In the foreground at the end of the video is a view of the 15-inch Rodman Gun. This spectacular view gives you a very good idea why, in 1631, they selected this site to protect the Neck of Boston.
Here is one of the more frequently visited internal pages;
Here is a great internal webpage about the Castle Island State park;
The Archive Gallery will show images going back to the 1930s in the Area;
Please look at the other detailed pages and images by using the top right-hand corner and the pull-down menus.
Resources used for this Article:
Castle Island and Fort Independence book by William Reid.
This book can be found at the Boston Public Library or purchased at through Castle Island Association.