Fort Niskayuna

Fort Niskayuna: Also known as Canastaginone. Also spelled Canastagone, then Nistigone. First mentioned in 1691. Site was 14 miles from Albany on the South side of the Mohawk River at Fort's Ferry and a few hundred feet West of Mill Creek. Referenced in 1702 as a pretty large stockaded fort now gone to ruin. A stone redoubt was proposed in 1702 and a bill for "repairs" was submitted in 1704. A house was later constructed on the site and the land was subsequently taken in 1911 for a flood basin of the Improved Erie Barge Canal, a railroad (now bike path) and new River Road skirted the flood basin. The exact site or remains have not been researched.

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