Wynants Kill

For the community named Wynantskill, see Wynantskill, New York.

The Wynants Kill^[1] is a 15.8-mile-long (25.4 km)^[2] 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,^[3][4] while kill is from an archaic Dutch word for "stream".

Tributaries

• Horse Heaven Brook
• Glass Lake
  • Crooked Lake
• Crystal Lake
• Burden Lake

See also

• List of rivers of New York