Wynants Kill
The Wynants Kill[1] is a 15.8-mile-long (25.4 km)[2] stream which has its source at Glass Lake near Averill Park, New York, and terminates at the Hudson River at Troy, New York.
| Wynants Kill | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Glass Lake |
| ⁃ location | Sand Lake, New York, Rensselaer County, New York, New York |
| ⁃ coordinates | 42°37′46″N 73°31′58″W |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
⁃ location | Troy, New York |
⁃ coordinates | 42°42′20″N 73°42′05″W |
⁃ elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
The stream is named after Wijnant Gerritsen van der Poel (1617–1699), a Dutch cabinet maker from Meppel who owned a sawmill on it in the 1650s,[3][4] while kill is from an archaic Dutch word for "stream".
Tributaries
- Horse Heaven Brook
- Glass Lake
- Crooked Lake
- Crystal Lake
- Burden Lake
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wynants Kill
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National MapArchived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed October 3, 2011
- Dutch influence lingers in New York names
- John Warren, The Poesten Kill: Waterfalls to Waterworks in the Capital District, page 46
Further reading
- Kennedy, Merrit (11 June 2016). "For the First Time in Decades, Herring Are Spawning in a Hudson River Tributary". The Two-Way. NPR. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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