Wynants Kill Explained

Wynants Kill
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New York
Source1:Glass Lake
Source1 Location:Sand Lake, New York, Rensselaer County, New York, New York
Source1 Coordinates:42.6294°N -73.5328°W
Mouth:Hudson River
Mouth Location:Troy, New York
Mouth Coordinates:42.7056°N -73.7014°W
Mouth Elevation:20feet

The Wynants Kill is a 15.8adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] stream which has its source at Glass Lake near Averill Park, New York, and terminates at the Hudson River at Troy, New York.

The stream is named after Wijnant Gerritsen van der Poel (1617–1699), a Dutch cabinet maker from Meppel who owned a sawmill on it in the 1650s,[2] [3] while kill is from an archaic Dutch word for "stream".

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  2. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2002-04-28/news/0204280277_1_columbia-county-dutch-rensselaer-county Dutch influence lingers in New York names
  3. John Warren, The Poesten Kill: Waterfalls to Waterworks in the Capital District, page 46