Coeymans Creek

Coordinates: 42°28′34″N 73°47′23″W / 42.47611°N 73.78972°W / 42.47611; -73.78972
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Coeymans Creek
Onesquethaw Creek, Oniskethau Kil
Onesquethaw and Coeymans Creeks
Native nameO-nis-ke-thau
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyAlbany
TownsBethlehem, Coeymans
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBethlehem, New York
 • coordinates42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W / 42.53861°N 73.82778°W / 42.53861; -73.82778
MouthHudson River
 • location
Coeymans, New York
 • coordinates
42°28′34″N 73°47′23″W / 42.47611°N 73.78972°W / 42.47611; -73.78972
 • elevation
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Coeymans Creek[1] is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km)[2] tributary of the Hudson River in Albany County, New York in the United States.

The creek originates as the continuation of Onesquethaw Creek,[3] which starts near Clarksville, in the Helderberg Mountains.

History[edit]

O-nis'-ke-thau Creek is also called Coeymans Creek. There was a hamlet of this name in New Scotland as well as Oniskethau flats and mountain. It is said to have been an early Native American name meaning cornfields.[4]

Tributaries[edit]

  • Mosher Brook
  • Onesquethaw Creek
  • Feuri Spruyt (Feuri-Sprayt Kill), a small stream in the north part of Coeymans, disappears, and flows for half a mile in a subterranean passage, coming to the surface again in New Scotland.

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