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Re: Anniversary of White Whale sighting in Albany!?
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Warren Broderick <[log in to unmask]>
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A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 2 Apr 2002 07:36:28 -0500
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This account first appears in  Adriaen van der Donck's 17th century "A Description of the New Netherlands " (reissued in 1968).  The island in the Hudson River known thereafter as "Whale Island" disappeared following damming of the River.  It was located near the southern end of Lansingburgh.

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