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Fort Beversreede (1648 - 1650 or 1651) was a Dutch-built palisaded log fort in New Netherland located along the eastern-side of the Schuylkill River in the Passyunk section of what is now Philadelphia.
A possible translation of Beversreede could be Beavers Gap, from bever or beaver and reet meaning opening or cleft, [1] which would speak to the location of the fort.
Though never recognized by the Dutch, the region along the southern Delaware River was effectively under control of the Swedish colony of New Sweden which was first settled in 1638.
The fort was abandoned after being vandalized by Swedish settlers several times. The Swedes had built the stockaded 30-by-20-foot Fort New Korsholm [2] directly in front of the Dutch fort in 1648 to intimidate its residents. [3] It was not until 1655 that control of the area was regained in a military expedition led by Director-General of New Netherland Petrus Stuyvesant.[4]
See also
- Pidgen Delaware
- Fort Wilhelmus
- Fortifications of New Netherland
- New Netherland settlements
- League Island
References
- ^ http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/vertalen.php
- ^ http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg277.htm
- ^ http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/pa.html
- ^ Where Pennsylvania History Began (by Henry D. Paxon, The Swedish Colonial Society, 1926)
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