Community in New Netherland
Beverwijck
Beverwijck, often written using the pre-reform orthography Beverwyck, was a fur-trading community north of Fort Orange on the Hudson River within Rensselaerwyck in New Netherland that was renamed and developed as Albany, New York, after the English took control of the colony in 1664.
How locals move
Getting around Beverwijck the local way
- Go nextVisitors to the Albany area should consider day trips to destinations in the Berkshires of western Mass., including Tanglewood, Mass MoCA, and the Clark Art Institute.
From Wikivoyage: Albany (New York), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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