E. 7th St. and the Christina River, Fort Christina State Park, Wilmington, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000260.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) east of the present-day downtown Wilmington, Delaware, at the confluence of the Brandywine River and the Christina River, approximately 2 mi (3 km) upstream from the mouth of the Christina on the Delaware River.
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