Jan De Bakkers Kill Explained

Jan de Bakker's Kill (pronounced yon-de-bocker) is a 7.1adj=midNaNadj=mid^[1] tributary of Catskill Creek, part of the Hudson River watershed, in the Catskill Mountains of New York.

Its name derives from the Dutch and means "John the Baker's Creek," Jan de Bakker being the name or title of several generations of local native leaders in the late 17th through mid 18th centuries.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of New York

Notes and References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
2. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/old_dutch_place_names.htm