Mile 78.1 - LBD - Fort St. Marie

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026

78.1 LBD - Fort St. Marie

French Period: Fort Détour à l'Anglais (1722 - 1765), originally three earthwork batteries at English Turn. Rebuilt in 1748 as two nearly identical 30-gun stockaded earthworks (a 10-gun crescent with five four-gun redans each) located across from each other just north of Belle Chasse (Batterie de l'Anse) and at English Turn (Batterie de la Pointe). Later rebuilt again in 1754 as four-bastioned squares, renamed Fort St. Leon (19 guns) and Fort Ste. Marie (21 guns) respectively.

Spanish Period: Fort Santa Maria (1766 - 1780 ?) at English Turn. In ruins by 1780.

American Period: A fortified camp for barracks to house up to 3000 troops was built at the site of French Fort Ste. Marie at old Wood's Ville.

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