Fort Pike State Historic Site

Fort Pike State Historic Site (commonly referred to as Fort Pike) is a 19th-century United States coastal fortification constructed to guard the Rigolets, the strait connecting the Gulf of Mexico via Lake Borgne to Lake Pontchartrain and the maritime approaches to New Orleans. Named for Brigadier General Zebulon Pike, the fort was built in the post–War of 1812 period as part of coastal defenses for the New Orleans region and is described in the provided sources as decommissioned and as a historic site. The supplied materials locate the fort near the community of Petite Coquille and note that it now falls within New Orleans city limits. The research notes provided contain no specific accounts of hauntings, apparitions, unexplained sounds, or other paranormal phenomena tied to Fort Pike. No named spirits or entities, eyewitness reports, investigative findings, or folkloric traditions concerning supernatural activity are present in the supplied excerpts. Where details such as precise coordinates, construction dates, current visitor access, or preservation condition are absent from the supplied material, those points are marked as uncertain in the notes and are not asserted here. Culturally and historically, the site's significance in the sources is military and strategic: its purpose was coastal defense for New Orleans in the 19th century. The supplied excerpts do not document any local ghost stories or supernatural reputation for the fort.