Onesquethaw Creek
| Onesquethaw Creek (O-nis-ke-thau) | |
| Onesquethaw Creek, Oniskethau Kil | |
| River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | New York |
| Source | |
| - location | New Scotland, New York |
| - coordinates | 42°37′06″N 73°59′35″W / 42.61833°N 73.99306°W |
| Mouth | Coeymans Creek |
| - location | Bethlehem, New York |
| - elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
| - coordinates | 42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W / 42.53861°N 73.82778°WCoordinates: 42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W / 42.53861°N 73.82778°W |
 Onesquethaw and Coeymans Creeks
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Onesquethaw Creek[1] is a 14.5-mile-long (23.3 km)[2] creek in Albany County, New York. It is a tributary of the Hudson River. It rises in the town of New Scotland, to the west of the hamlet of New Salem, in the Helderberg Mountains, and flows to Coeymans Creek in the town of Bethlehem, southwest of Delmar.
History
O-nis'-kwe-thau Creek was also called Coeymans Creek, which continues to be the name of Onesquethaw Creek's outlet stream. 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.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Onesquethaw Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
- ↑ Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 22