[2] Today, the remains of the fort are open to the public as part of the Winter Island Maritime Park, operated by the City of Salem.

[4][full citation needed] It is unclear how much was accomplished, as a debate on whether the town or the province should fund the rebuilding lasted past 1711, when the war ended for the American colonies.

[2] It was rebuilt again by the town and known as Fort Number Two in Patriot hands during the American Revolutionary War.

The 1794 U.S. Army report on fortifications called for the fort to have eight artillery pieces, a blockhouse, and a magazine.

"[7] Another report in December 1811 stated the fort was "an enclosed work of brick and sods, mounting six heavy guns, covered by a block house".

[12] To defend against land attack, the gorge at the rear of the fort was guarded by two curtain walls and a wet moat.

[5] From May 1864 to June 1865 Fort Pickering was garrisoned successively by the 3rd and 17th Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.

[15] In 1935 most of the land on Winter Island became the newly established Coast Guard Air Station Salem.

Aircraft from the station conducted anti-submarine patrols during World War II and search and rescue missions until it was closed in 1971.