Ballston Creek, also called Shenantaha Creek from the Iroquois name for Ballston Lake ("deep water"), is a stream in

Saratoga County, New York Saratoga County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, and is the fastest-growing county in Upstate New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the county's population was enumerated at 235,509, ...

. It originates at the north end of

Ballston Lake Ballston Lake is located in the hamlet of Ballston Lake, New York in the town of Ballston. This narrow -long lake with an unknown maximum depth in the south of the region, was called ''Shanantaha'' or ''Sha-nen-da-ho-ra'' by natives. It was kno ...

and runs approximately six miles (9.7 km) through the towns of Ballston and

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

, descending 100 feet before exiting into Round Lake. "Some geologists find evidence to convince them that there was a period ... when the Mohawk, after its turn at Scotia, continued northeast and flowed through Ballston Lake, then turned southeast coursing its way through the wide valley of Ballston Creek into Round Lake, then down the

Anthony Kill The Anthony Kill, also called Tenandeho Creek, is a stream ("Kill (body of water), kill") in Saratoga County, New York approximately long. Its source is the east end of Round Lake (Saratoga County, New York), Round Lake, and it flows east into ...

to the Hudson." The

Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad The Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad was a railway company that operated in the states of New York and Vermont in the 19th century. At its peak it controlled a network. The Delaware and Hudson Railway leased the company in 1871 and formally ...

, later merged with the Delaware and Hudson, largely followed the path of Ballston Creek north of the village of Round Lake. The former rail bed is now part of the Zim Smith multi-use trail. Malta NY Ballston Creek

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* Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Saratoga County, New York {{SaratogaCountyNY-geo-stub