Abeel Island

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Abeel Island
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Abeel Island
Geography
Location Mohawk River
Coordinates 42°57′11″N74°37′44″W / 42.95306°N 74.62889°W / 42.95306; -74.62889 [1]
Highest elevation 305 ft (93 m)
Administration
Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of New York.svg  New York
County Montgomery
Towns Palatine, Minden

Abeel Island is an island on the Mohawk River north of Fort Plain in Montgomery County, New York.

Mohawk River river in New York state, United States

The Mohawk River is a 149-mile-long (240 km) river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk flows into the Hudson in Cohoes, New York, a few miles north of the city of Albany. The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. It is a major waterway in north-central New York.

Fort Plain, New York Village in New York, United States

Fort Plain is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 2,322. The village is named after a fort built during the American Revolution at the junction of the Mohawk River and its tributary Otsquago Creek.

Montgomery County, New York County in the United States

Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,219. The county seat is Fonda. The county was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 at the Battle of Quebec.

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References

  1. "Abeel Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2017-12-07.