The Kisco River is a creek that runs through the

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area. It is formed by the forks of

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Brook and an unnamed stream. It follows a winding course before emptying into the

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at Lake Road Bridge in the town of New Castle near the

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of Stanwood and eventually into the

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via the

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, the

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, and

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. Its name is derived from the village of Mount Kisco, which the river flows through. The name of Mount Kisco is further derived from "seesquee", which may also be written as "cisqua", which is the Algonquin word for "muddy place", referring to the marshlands in the area. Kisco River Stream Shot

Course description

The Kisco River begins at the highlands of Arthur W. Butler Memorial Sanctuary, and travels westward in New Castle until it feeds into Wallace Pond at Leonard Park in Mount Kisco. It then runs along the "Early Settler's Trail", and passes the former location of the Spencer Optical Factory which is now a nature trail. After this it runs underneath Route 133. It then runs through "Riverwoods", a town house complex. It continues past the Bedford Yeshiva Farm Settlement, a small

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. The Riverwoods wastewater treatment plant discharges its

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into the river at this point. It then passes underneath Croton Lake Road and empties into the

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Several storm drains empty into the river along its course. It runs through a primarily developed

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area.

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from the

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