• Introduction
  • Fort Independence
    • A Tour of Fort Independence
    • Fort’s History
    • Present Day Structure — Fort #8
    • Join Our Flag Retirement Ceremony
    • Cannons & Mortars of Fort Independence
  • Fort’s Events and Groups
    • Castle Island Association
    • Castle Island State Park
    • Volunteering at Fort
    • Halloween
  • Webdesigner
  • Gallery
    • Archive’s Gallery
    • OLD Fort Winthrop
    • Inside the Fort
    • 1976 Renovations
    • USS Constitution
    • Gloucester, Ma 2025 cruise
    • Tallships
  • Fort Ticonderoga Knox Wagon Train

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 site.

A 1940s view of the Fort from harbor Channel

Bastion A view of Harbor Entrance

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

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Fort Independence Boston, Ma
  • Introduction
  • Fort Independence
    • A Tour of Fort Independence
    • Fort’s History
    • Present Day Structure — Fort #8
    • Join Our Flag Retirement Ceremony
    • Cannons & Mortars of Fort Independence
  • Fort’s Events and Groups
    • Castle Island Association
    • Castle Island State Park
    • Volunteering at Fort
    • Halloween
  • Webdesigner
  • Gallery
    • Archive’s Gallery
    • OLD Fort Winthrop
    • Inside the Fort
    • 1976 Renovations
    • USS Constitution
    • Gloucester, Ma 2025 cruise
    • Tallships
  • Fort Ticonderoga Knox Wagon Train

Overview of fort

dan burns

September 11, 2026

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1970 overview

An overview of fort during 1970 renovations

dan burns

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