Kayakers approach a beach near Fort Gorges during low tide in this 2009 photo.
in this 1997 Press Herald file photo, a volunteer sweeps a quiet corridor of Fort Gorges as part of an effort by the Portland West's Youth Services and the Heritage House to clean up the Civil-War era structure.
These teenagers were among 30 from Portland West's Youth Services and the Heritage House who labored for six hours on a July day in 1997 to clean the fort and cut back vegetation.
Fort Gorges sprouts with summer vegetation in this August 2009 photo taken during the MS Regatta.
Kayakers paddle past Fort Gorges during in this 2006 file photo.
The entrance to Fort Gorges in Casco Bay.
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