DE Society Board Member Hugh Simmons. This is where these who died at Fort Delaware were buried. The ferry to the fort is located at the State Park Office and dock facility in Delaware City just a few miles south of Wilmington, off Route 1. For more information, call the Society's office at 302.834.1630, e-mail us, or write Fort Delaware is located on Pea Patch Island in the middle of the Delaware River below Wilmington. Access is provided by the Three Forts Ferry which is a passenger ferry service operated by the Delaware River and Bay Authority .
Visitors can board the ferry at either Delaware City, Delaware or at Fort Mott, New Jersey.
The passenger fee charged provides a complete round trip to your point of original embarkation allowing you to stop off en route at Fort Delaware State Park on Pea Patch Island and to visit either Fort Mott State Park or Delaware City before your return. No additional fees are charged at Fort Delaware. A right on Fort Mott Road takes you to Fort Mott and the Three Forts Ferry dock. Delaware City can be reached by traveling south of Wilmington on US Routes 1 and 13 and traveling east on Delaware State Route 72 and Route 9. A left on Clinton Street in Delaware City will take to you to the boat dock.