The entrance to the original fort was at a point next to the present day Chapel 1.

The original fort was abandoned by the Army following the conflict.

There is now no visible trace remaining of the original fort.

The location of the original fort was not rediscovered until 1891.

Within five years, flooding from the Mississippi had left the original fort in bad condition.

The archaeological remains of the original 1607 fort, which had been protected by the sea wall, were discovered in 1994.

At some unknown point the original fort fell into ruins.

Some of the original fort still stands at the historic site.

All traces of the original fort, however, had been lost for more than two centuries.

From the new excavations, it now appears that only 20 percent of the original fort may have been lost to the river.