Sprouts of the Mohawk River

The First, or South, Branch of the Mohawk River, Simmons Island on the right and Van Schaick Island on the left

The Sprouts of the Mohawk River are the multiple channels of the Mohawk River as it flows into the Hudson River creating a delta in the US state of New York.[1] Most of the sprouts lie within Albany County, with the northern ones in Saratoga County, and the sprouts enter the Hudson at the boundary with Rensselaer County. The islands formed by the sprouts are, from north to south–Peebles Island,[2] Polrump Island, [3] Bock Island, Goat Island, Second Island,[2] Van Schaick Island,[4] Simmons Island.[5] and formerly Green Island.[6] The sprout separating Green Island from the rest of Albany County was filled in with the creation of Interstate 787 and NY Route 787.

  1. ^ Senate of the State of New York (1849). Documents of the Senate of the State of New-York, Seventy-Second Session. Vol. 2. Weed, Parsons & Co. p. 210.
  2. ^ a b Adams, Arthur G. (1996). The Hudson River Guidebook. TechType. ISBN 0-8232-1679-9.
  3. ^ "Section II: Inventory and Analysis". New York Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources.
  4. ^ Davison, O.M. (1840). The Traveller's Guide Through the Middle and Northern States, and the Province of Canada. S.S. and W. Wood. p. 130.
  5. ^ Ingraham, Frances (1996-10-06). "Simmons Island: A Riverfront Cohoes Community". Times Union (Albany). Hearst Communications. p. F1.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).