The Beaverkill Creek was a former tributary of the
Esopus Creek
Esopus Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River that drains the east-central Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. From its source at Winnisook Lake on the slopes of Slide Mountain, the Catskills' highest peak, it flows across Ul ...
in the
Catskill Mountains
The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province and subrange of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined a ...
of
New York State
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and ...
. It began in
West Hurley, New York, and flowed through the towns of Glenford, Olive Branch and Ashton until it joined the Esopus Creek at
Brown's Station, New York
Brown's Station was a hamlet in the Esopus Valley of southeastern Ulster County, New York, United States. It was submerged by the waters of the Ashokan Reservoir, an artificial lake built between 1906 and 1915 to supply fresh water to New York ...
. However, the creek was completely submerged when the
Ashokan Reservoir
The Ashokan Reservoir (; Iroquois for "place of fish") is a reservoir in the New York City water supply system in Ulster County, New York. It receives the waters of Schoharie Reservoir, and together they provide the flow of the Catskill Aqueduc ...
was constructed,
and its former path is under the east basin. The confluence of the Beaverkill and the Esopus is under the Olivebridge Dam.
See also
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List of New York rivers
Rivers in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York include:
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with tributaries indented by order of confluence, from mouth to source.
New York Harbor
Block Island Sound
*Peconic Ri ...
References
Rivers of New York (state)
Rivers of Ulster County, New York
Catskill/Delaware watersheds
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