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 (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 61,570. The county seat is Hudson, New York, Hudson. The name comes from th ...
, 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 i ...
to form Stockport Creek, in the town of
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...
.
History
The lower Claverack Creek was known as ''Twastawekak'' (''To-was-ta-we-kak'' or ''Twastaweekak'') by the Native American
Mahican
The Mohicans ( or ) 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, whose indigenous territory was ...
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
Rivers in the U.S. state of 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 River
** Little Rive ...
References
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Rivers of Columbia County, New York
Rivers of New York (state)
Tributaries of the Hudson River