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{{For|the community named Wynantskill|Wynantskill, New York}}
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The Wynants Kill<ref name="gnis2">{{gnis|971781}}</ref> is a stream which has its source at Glass Lake near [[Averill Park, New York]] and terminates at the Hudson River at [[Troy, New York]].
The '''Wynants Kill'''<ref name="gnis2">{{gnis|971781}}</ref> is a {{convert|15.8|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/|date=2012-03-29}}, accessed October 3, 2011</ref> stream which has its source at Glass Lake near [[Averill Park, New York]], and terminates at the [[Hudson River]] at [[Troy, New York]].

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,<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/2002/04/28/dutch-influence-lingers-in-new-york-names/ Dutch influence lingers in New York names]</ref><ref>John Warren, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jMR2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT46 ''The Poesten Kill: Waterfalls to Waterworks in the Capital District''], page 46</ref> while ''[[Kill (body of water)|kill]]'' is from an archaic Dutch word for "stream".


==Tributaries==
==Tributaries==
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==See also==
==See also==
[[Wynantskill, New York]]
* [[List of rivers of New York]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


== Further reading ==
* {{Cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Merrit|date=11 June 2016|title=For the First Time in Decades, Herring Are Spawning in a Hudson River Tributary|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/11/481684318/for-the-first-time-in-decades-herring-are-spawning-in-a-hudson-river-tributary|department=The Two-Way|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=30 October 2017}}

{{Hudson River}}


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[[Category:Rivers of Rensselaer County, New York]]
[[Category:Rivers of New York (state)]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Hudson River]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Hudson River]]

[[Category:Rivers of New York]]

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Latest revision as of 04:59, 9 October 2024

For the community named Wynantskill, see Wynantskill, New York.
Wynants Kill
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
Physical characteristics
SourceGlass Lake
 • locationSand Lake, New York, Rensselaer County, New York, New York
 • coordinates42°37′46″N 73°31′58″W / 42.62944°N 73.53278°W / 42.62944; -73.53278
MouthHudson River
 • location
Troy, New York
 • coordinates
42°42′20″N 73°42′05″W / 42.70556°N 73.70139°W / 42.70556; -73.70139
 • elevation
20 ft (6.1 m)

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.

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

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  • Horse Heaven Brook
  • Glass Lake
    • Crooked Lake
  • Crystal Lake
  • Burden Lake

See also

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wynants Kill
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National MapArchived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. ^ Dutch influence lingers in New York names
  4. ^ John Warren, The Poesten Kill: Waterfalls to Waterworks in the Capital District, page 46

Further reading

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  • 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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