Beverwijck

For the neighborhood in Albany, see Beverwyck, Albany, New York.

For the town in the Netherlands, see Beverwijk.

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Beverwijck ( /ˈbɛvərwɪk/ BEV-ər-wik; Dutch: Beverwijck; literally Beaver District; often anglicized as "Beverwyck) was a fur-trading community north of Fort Orange on the Hudson River in New Netherland that was to become Albany, New York, when the English took control of the colony in 1664.

During the 1640s, the name Beverwijk began to be used informally for the settlement of fur traders north of the fort. In 1652, the Dutch West India Company took control of that area and made the name official. By 1660, a palisade was built around Beverwijk and it had become economically and politically successful, with large families residing in the community.

See also

• History of Albany, New York

Bibliography and further reading

• Venema, Janny (2003). Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664. Hilversum: Verloren. ISBN 0791460797. 
• "Beverwyck". Colonial Albany Social History Project. New York State Museum. 2003-09-28. http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/beverwyck.html. Retrieved 2008-06-25.