Catskill Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of the Hudson River that drains the northeastern Catskill Mountains of the U.S. State of New York. From its source at Franklinton Vlaie in Schoharie County it flows southeast through parts of Albany County and Greene County to its mouth at the village of Catskill on the Hudson River.Catskill Creek Public Fishing Rights, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Publications, Forms, Maps. Catskill Creek Public Fishing Rights. Accessed June 30, 2010.
Like Fishkill Creek, Catskill Creek is tautological, literally repeating "creek" twice, as kill is Dutch for "creek".
Tributaries Lake Creek Fox Creek Potter Hollow Creek Tenmile Creek Eightmile Creek Thorpe Creek Cornwallville Creek Fall Creek Bowery Creek Basic Creek—May be a corruption of a Mahican word meaning "valley".Aboriginal Place Names of New York, by William Martin Beauchamp, page 19 Platte Kill Shingle Kill Jan De Bakkers Kill Bell Brook Potic Creek—likely from a Mahican name referring to a waterfall or set of rapids. Cob Creek Grapeville Creek West Medway Creek Lake Brook Kaaterskill Creek Beaver Kill Kiskatom Brook—from a Mahican name referring to the shagbark hickory tree. Hans Vosen Kill
See also List of rivers of New York
References
External links Bedford Fine Art Gallery: A Catskill Creek by Frank Anderson