Mill Creek (Hudson River tributary)

Mill Creek Tierken Kil
Native name	Poetanock (undetermined)
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Rensselaer
Towns	Rensselaer, East Greenbush
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	North Greenbush, New York
• coordinates	42°39′39″N73°38′42″W / 42.66083°N 73.64500°W / 42.66083; -73.64500
Mouth	Hudson River
• location	Rensselaer, New York
• coordinates	42°38′33″N73°44′34″W / 42.64250°N 73.74278°W / 42.64250; -73.74278
• elevation	164 ft (50 m)

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 on the Mill Brook: the Upper Falls, and the Lower Falls. ^[3] The mouth of the creek is on the Hudson River opposite from 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 (Hudson River tributary)
2. Ruttenberg, Edward Manning (1872). Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs. p. 375.
3. "Waterfalls of Rensselaer County, New York". renstrust.org. Archived from the original on 2011-01-13.