The Sawyer Kill or Sawyer's Kill is a
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A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
stream of the
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...
in
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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state. The source is at the
Great Vlaie
The Great Vlaie is a swamp which is the source of the Sawyer Kill stream in Ulster County, New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (sta ...
on the border of
Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...
and
Greene
Greene may refer to:
Places United States
*Greene, Indiana, an unincorporated community
*Greene, Iowa, a city
*Greene, Maine, a town
** Greene (CDP), Maine, in the town of Greene
*Greene (town), New York
** Greene (village), New York, in the town ...
counties. The stream enters the Hudson River at Seamon Park in
Malden, New York
Malden-on-Hudson (-), commonly known as Malden, is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, Ulster County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census.
The commu ...
, just north of the village of
Saugerties.
Saugerties takes its name from the Dutch, "Saugerje's Kill" or "Little Sawyer's creek".
Old Dutch Place Names from www.ancestry.com.
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
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Rivers of New York (state)
Tributaries of the Hudson River
Rivers of Ulster County, New York