• 39°35′24″N 75°34′19″W / 39.59000°N 75.57194°W. Overlay of the three versions of Fort Delaware. The largest is Delafield's never-built design...
  • Digitized copies of past issues of the Fort Delaware Notes from 1950 through February 2019 are available via two separate CDs entitled "The First 50 Years" and...
  • Built in the nineteenth century as one of three forts designed to protect the city of Philadelphia from attack, Fort Delaware served its purpose well and never...
  • Access to Pea Patch Island and the fort is strictly by ferry only – from 45 Clinton Street in Delaware City.
  • From 1908 to 1945, Fort Delaware functioned in a secondary defensive role to the nearby Fort Dupont and Fort Mott, respectively, on the river’s Delaware and New...
  • Fort Delaware (1847-1944) - A Third System coastal masonry fort on Pea Patch Island, New Castle County, Delaware.
  • Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg, NY always has openings for colonial re-enactors of all ages who want to become part of our program.
  • Fort Delaware, located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, has a dark and storied past dating back to the Civil War.
  • Accessible only by ferry, Fort Delaware has an important place in American history. As a harbor defense facility, the fort served as a prison for Confederate...
  • Fort Delaware is locate on Pea Patch Island and is situated in the Delaware River between the State of Delaware and New Jersey.