Claverack Creek
is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed October 3, 2011 tributary to
Stockport Creek in
Columbia County, New York
Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,570. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at the ...
, in the United States. Its source is in the town of
Claverack at the hamlet of Mellenville, and its mouth is at its confluence with
Kinderhook Creek
Kinderhook Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed October 3, 2011 tributary to Stockport Creek, an inlet of the Hudson River in the United States. From its source in ...
to form Stockport Creek, in the town of
Stockport
Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here.
Most of the town is within ...
.
History
The lower Claverack Creek was known as ''Twastawekak'' (''To-was-ta-we-kak'' or ''Twastaweekak'') by the Native American
Mahican
The Mohican ( or , alternate spelling: Mahican) are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe that historically spoke an Algonquian language. As part of the Eastern Algonquian family of tribes, they are related to the neighboring Lenape, who ...
tribe, while the upper creek was named ''Ska-an-kook'' or ''Skaanpook''.
Aboriginal place names of New York, by William Martin Beauchamp, page 49.
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Tributaries
* Fitting Creek
** Widows Creek
* Mud Creek
* Taghkanic Creek
** Mud Creek
** Snydam Creek
** Chrysler Pond Outlet
* Loomis Creek
* Hollowville Creek
* North Creek
* Agawamuck Creek
See also
*List of rivers of New York
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of New York.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented by order of confluence with their main stem, from mouth to source.
Long Island Sound (nort ...
References
Rivers of Columbia County, New York
Rivers of New York (state)
Tributaries of the Hudson River
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