Merry Christmas from the CIA Historical Committee! The Fort is now closed for the 2011 tour season - see you next year...Castle Island is the oldest continuously fortified site in British North America!The first fort on Castle Island was built in 1634 for the coastal defense of Boston. Fort Independence, a pentagonal five-bastioned fort built between 1834 and 1851, is Castle Island's 8th fort and was built with granite from the quarries in Rockport, MA.
Free tours of Fort Independence are sponsored by the Castle Island Association in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Click for Fort tour schedule.
In 2008, 31,000+ people from 35 States & 30 countries visited the Fort!
Each day we are open requires over 90 effort hours from members of the Castle Island Association, an all volunteer organization... we need your help! We need tour guides!
For more info (including setting up a private group tour of the Fort in June thru August):
Castle Island Association, P. O. Box 342, South Boston, MA 02127; 1-617-268-8870.
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Fort Independence on Castle Island, South Boston, MA
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