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==Hurricane Ivan==
[[Image:Pickens-ivan.jpg|thumb|right|Extensive flooding after Hurricane Ivan]]
In September [[2004]], [[Hurricane Ivan]] battered the Gulf Islands National Seashore, causing extensive flooding, the destruction of a number of buildings, and a large number of felled trees. Despite the extensive damage, the actual fort "held its ground during the hurricane with only minor damage."<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/archive/guis/FLA/Hurricane%20Ivan/Hurricane.html http://www.nps.gov/archive/guis/FLA/Hurricane%20Ivan/Hurricane.html]</ref>
Portions of Fort Pickens Road washed out in the hurricane, and vehicular access to Fort Pickens was not restored until early 2009.
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