Coeymans Creek
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Coeymans Creek Onesquethaw Creek, Oniskethau Kil | |
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![]() Onesquethaw and Coeymans Creeks | |
Native name | O-nis-ke-thau Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
County | Albany |
Towns | Bethlehem, Coeymans |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Bethlehem, New York |
• coordinates | 42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W / 42.53861°N 73.82778°W |
Mouth | Hudson River |
• location | Coeymans, New York |
• coordinates | 42°28′34″N 73°47′23″W / 42.47611°N 73.78972°WCoordinates: 42°28′34″N 73°47′23″W / 42.47611°N 73.78972°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Coeymans Creek[1] is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km)[2] tributary of the Hudson River in Albany County, New York in the United States.
The creek originates as the continuation of Onesquethaw Creek,[3] which starts near Clarksville, in the Helderberg Mountains.
History[edit]
O-nis'-ke-thau Creek is also called Coeymans Creek. There was a hamlet of this name in New Scotland as well as Oniskethau flats and mountain. It is said to have been an early Native American name meaning cornfields.[4]
Tributaries[edit]
- Mosher Brook
- Onesquethaw Creek
- Feuri Spruyt (Feuri-Sprayt Kill), a small stream in the north part of Coeymans, disappears, and flows for half a mile in a subterranean passage, coming to the surface again in New Scotland.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coeymans Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coeymans Creek
- ^ Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 22