The Sawyer Kill or Sawyer's Kill is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
stream of the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
in
New York state. The source is at the
Great Vlaie on the border of
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...
and
Greene counties. The stream enters the Hudson River at Seamon Park in
Malden, New York, just north of the village of
Saugerties.
Saugerties takes its name from the Dutch, "Saugerje's Kill" or "Little Sawyer's creek".
Old Dutch Place Names from www.ancestry.com.
See also
* List of rivers of New York
References
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Rivers of New York (state)
Tributaries of the Hudson River
Rivers of Ulster County, New York