Coeymans Creek
| Coeymans Creek (O-nis-ke-thau) | |
| Onesquethaw Creek, Oniskethau Kil | |
| River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | New York |
| County | Albany |
| Towns | Bethlehem, Coeymans |
| 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 |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - 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 |
 Onesquethaw and Coeymans Creeks
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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
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
- 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
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coeymans Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, 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
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