Fort Nassau (North)

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New Netherland series
Colonies:
New Amsterdam New Haarlem Noortwyck Beverwyck Wiltwyck Vlissingen Middelburgh Heemstede Rustdorp	Gravesende Breuckelen New Amersfoort Midwout New Utrecht Boswyck Swaanendael New Amstel Altena
Fortresses:
Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau (North) Fort Orange Fort Nassau (South) Fort Goede Hoop	Fort Casimir Fort Altena Fort Wilhelmus Fort Beversreede Fort Nya Korsholm
The Patroon System Rensselaerwyck Colen Donck (Yonkers, New York)
Directors-General of New Netherland: Cornelius Jacobsen Mey (1620-1625) Willem Verhulst (1625-26) Peter Minuit (1626-33) Wouter van Twiller (1633-38) Willem Kieft (1638-47) Peter Stuyvesant (1647-64)
Influential people Adriaen van der Donck Kiliaen van Rensselaer Brant van Slichtenhorst Cornelis van Tienhoven
Councils Council of twelve men Council of eight men

Fort Nassau (North) was a Dutch fort constructed on an island in the Hudson River near present day Albany in 1614. Because this fort flooded every summer, the Dutch left it in 1617 or 1618. In 1624, they built a new fort on the west bank of the Hudson River, called Fort Orange.

The island on which Fort Nassau was constructed is now part of the mainland, and is known as Castle Island.

[edit] External Links

• The New Netherland Project : Fort Nassau (sponsored by the New York State Library)
• New York State Military Museum : Fort Nassau