Mill Creek (New York)

Coordinates: 42°38′33″N 73°44′34″W / 42.6425°N 73.74278°W / 42.6425; -73.74278

Mill Creek (Poetanock)
Tierken Kil
River
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Rensselaer
Source
- location	North Greenbush, New York
- coordinates	42°39′39″N 73°38′42″W / 42.66083°N 73.645°W / 42.66083; -73.645
Mouth	Hudson River
- location	Rensselaer, New York
- elevation	164 ft (50 m)
- coordinates	42°38′33″N 73°44′34″W / 42.6425°N 73.74278°W / 42.6425; -73.74278

Mill Creek, also previously known as Tierken Kill,^[1] is a tributary to the Hudson River. Poetanock was the Native American name for the stream.^[2] From its source just west of Snyders Lake in East Greenbush the stream travels southwest, then north and west to the Hudson River. The stream has two waterfalls, the Upper Falls on the Mill Brook, and the Lower Falls on the Mill Brook.^[3] It's mouth at the Hudson River is directly opposite Albany New York at what was Van Rensselaer Island, in the City of Rensselaer.

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill Creek (New York)
2. ^ History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 375
3. ^ Waterfalls of Rensselaer County, New York