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Coordinates: 42°19′00″N 73°59′19″W / 42.31667°N 73.98861°W / 42.31667; -73.98861
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'''Jan de Bakker's Kill''' (pronounced yon-de-bocker) is a {{convert|7.1|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed October 3, 2011</ref> [[tributary]] of [[Catskill Creek]], part of the [[Hudson River]] watershed, in the [[Catskill Mountains]] of [[New York]].
'''Jan de Bakker's Kill''' (pronounced yon-de-bocker) is a {{convert|7.1|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed October 3, 2011</ref> [[tributary]] of [[Catskill Creek]], part of the [[Hudson River]] watershed, in the [[Catskill Mountains]] of [[New York (state)|New York]].


Its name derives from the Dutch and means "John the baker's creek."<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/old_dutch_place_names.htm] Old Dutch Place Names from www.ancestry.com.</ref>
Its name derives from the Dutch and means "John the baker's creek."<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/old_dutch_place_names.htm] Old Dutch Place Names from www.ancestry.com.</ref>

Revision as of 00:53, 5 September 2016

Jan de Bakker's Kill (pronounced yon-de-bocker) is a 7.1-mile-long (11.4 km)[1] tributary of Catskill Creek, part of the Hudson River watershed, in the Catskill Mountains of New York.

Its name derives from the Dutch and means "John the baker's creek."[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  2. ^ [1] Old Dutch Place Names from www.ancestry.com.

42°19′00″N 73°59′19″W / 42.31667°N 73.98861°W / 42.31667; -73.98861