The Hudson Valley Portal
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County, bordering New York City. (Full article...)
Selected article
The effects of Hurricane Isabel in New York and New England were relatively minor and primarily limited to wind damage. Hurricane Isabel formed from a tropical wave on September 6, 2003, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved northwestward, and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters it steadily strengthened to reach peak winds of 165 mph (266 km/h; 143 kn) on September 11. After fluctuating in intensity for four days, Isabel gradually weakened and made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with winds of 105 mph (169 km/h; 91 kn) on September 18. It quickly weakened over land and became extratropical over western Pennsylvania the next day. Falling trees from moderate winds downed power lines across the region, causing sporadic power outages. Two people died as a result of the hurricane, both due to the rough surf from Isabel.
Selected image
Subcategories
Did you know?
- ... that in 1944, using a type specimen from the Albany Pine Bush, Vladimir Nabokov (author of Lolita) discovered the Karner Blue butterfly (pictured)?
- ... that the Beaverkill Valley Inn, near Lew Beach, New York, is the only remaining fishing lodge on the upper Beaver Kill from the early days of dry-fly trout fishing in the Catskills?
- ... that Tarrytown's Foster Memorial AME Zion Church is the oldest continuously-used black church in Westchester County, New York?
Selected biography
Henry Hudson (c. 1560/70s – 1611?) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. After several voyages on behalf of English merchants to explore a prospective Northeast Passage to India, Hudson explored the region around modern New York City while looking for a western route to Asia under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company. He explored the river which eventually was named for him, and laid thereby the foundation for Dutch colonization of the region.
Hudson discovered a strait and immense bay on his final expedition while searching for the Northwest Passage. In 1611, after wintering on the shore of James Bay, Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied. The mutineers cast Hudson, his son and others adrift, and the Hudson's and those cast off at their side were never seen again.
Related Portals
Things you can do
|
Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
|
Selected panorama
Quality content
- Featured content
- 2006 Westchester County tornado
- Briarcliff Manor, New York
- Hudson Valley Rail Trail
- Joppenbergh Mountain
- La Stazione
- New York State Route 22
- New York State Route 28
- New York State Route 32
- New York State Route 308
- New York State Route 311
- New York State Route 343
- New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009
- Oakwood Cemetery
- Robert Sterling Yard
- Rosendale trestle
- Stephen Crane
- United States Military Academy
- Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail
- Good content
- 1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak
- Albany, New York
- Albany City Hall
- Albany Pine Bush
- All Saints' Episcopal Church (Briarcliff Manor, New York)
- Arden Valley Road
- Barryville–Shohola Bridge
- Battle of Fort Anne
- Battle of Fort Washington
- Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
- Battle of Harlem Heights
- Battle of Long Island
- Battle of Staten Island
- Battle of White Plains
- Battles of Saratoga
- Tawana Brawley rape allegations
- Briarcliff Manor (Topic)
- Briarcliff College
- Briarcliff Farms
- Briarcliff Lodge
- Briarcliff Manor Fire Department
- Briarcliff Manor Public Library
- Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
- Dan Brouthers
- Central Troy Historic District
- Coat of arms of Albany, New York
- Cushing House
- CR 72 (Rockland County)
- CR 74 (Rockland County)
- CR 80 (Rockland County)
- CR 106 (Rockland County)
- Davis House
- Robert Dirks
- Dongan Charter
- Downtown Ossining Historic District
- Dr. Holbrook's Military School
- Effects of Hurricane Isabel in New York and New England
- Esopus Creek
- First American International Road Race
- Fonteyn Kill
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Harriman (Erie Railroad station)
- Lorena Hickok
- History of Briarcliff Manor
- Louis Howe
- Hudson River
- Hutchinson River Parkway
- Interstate 87 (New York)
- Interstate 287
- Washington Irving
- Jewett House
- Landing at Kip's Bay
- Lathrop House (Vassar College)
- Walter W. Law
- Sean Patrick Maloney
- New York and New Jersey campaign
- New York State Route 9A
- New York State Route 23A
- New York State Route 28A
- New York State Route 45
- New York State Route 59
- New York State Route 117
- New York State Route 118
- New York State Route 120
- New York State Route 120A
- New York State Route 128
- New York State Route 129
- New York State Route 132
- New York State Route 141
- New York State Route 146
- New York State Route 164
- New York State Route 210
- New York State Route 216
- New York State Route 217
- New York State Route 284
- New York State Route 292
- New York State Route 293
- New York State Route 306
- New York State Route 312
- New York State Route 344
- New York State Route 361
- New York State Route 375
- New York State Route 376
- New York State Route 402
- New York State Route 448
- Palisades Interstate Parkway
- Johnston de Peyster
- The Philaletheis Society
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer
- Port of Albany–Rensselaer
- Paul Reubens
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Rosendale Theatre
- Rosendale (CDP), New York
- Saratoga campaign
- Saw Mill River
- Scarborough Day School
- Scarborough Historic District
- Scarborough station (Metro-North)
- Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building
- Sleepy Hollow Country Club
- Staten Island Peace Conference
- Saratoga campaign (Topic)
- Sloatsburg station
- Students' Building (Vassar College)
- The Culinary Institute of America
- Trump National Golf Club Westchester
- U.S. Route 44 in New York
- Valhalla train crash
- Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
- Washington Irving
- West Kill
Hudson Valley topics
Associated Wikimedia
The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:
-
Commons
Free media repository -
Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals -
Wikidata
Free knowledge base -
Wikinews
Free-content news -
Wikiquote
Collection of quotations -
Wikisource
Free-content library -
Wikiversity
Free learning tools -
Wikivoyage
Free travel guide -
Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus