Wynants Kill
The Wynants Kill is a 15.8-mile-long (25.4 km) stream which has its source at Glass Lake near Averill Park, New York, and terminates at the Hudson River at Troy, New York.
| Wynants Kill | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Glass Lake |
| • location | Sand Lake, New York, Rensselaer County, New York, New York |
| • coordinates | 42°37′46″N 73°31′58″W |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
• location | Troy, New York |
• coordinates | 42°42′20″N 73°42′05″W |
• elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
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, while kill is from an archaic Dutch word for "stream".
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