| 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″N73°31′58″W / 42.62944°N 73.53278°W /42.62944; -73.53278 |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
• location | Troy, New York |
• coordinates | 42°42′20″N73°42′05″W / 42.70556°N 73.70139°W /42.70556; -73.70139 |
• elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
TheWynants Kill[1] is a 15.8-mile-long (25.4 km)[2] stream which has its source at Glass Lake nearAverill Park, New York, and terminates at theHudson River atTroy, New York.
The stream is named after Wijnant Gerritsen van der Poel (1617–1699), a Dutch cabinet maker fromMeppel who owned a sawmill on it in the 1650s,[3][4] whilekill is from an archaic Dutch word for "stream".
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