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

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 1618. In 1624 the Dutch 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.