Honeoye Creek

Honeoye Creek
Honeoye Creek at Honeoye Falls
Honeoye Creek is located in New York
Honeoye Creek
Location of the mouth of the Honeoye Creek in New York State.
Honeoye Creek is located in the United States
Honeoye Creek
Honeoye Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
Physical characteristics
SourceHoneoye Lake
 • locationRichmond, Ontario County
 • coordinates42°46′59″N 77°30′45″W / 42.78306°N 77.51250°W / 42.78306; -77.51250[1]
MouthGenesee River
 • location
Avon, Livingston County
 • coordinates
42°58′16″N 77°43′07″W / 42.97111°N 77.71861°W / 42.97111; -77.71861[1]
Discharge 
 • locationHoneoye Falls[2]
 • minimum0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
(August 12, 2001)[2]
 • maximum3,820 cu ft/s (108 m3/s)
(April 2, 1993)[2]

Honeoye Creek (/ˈhʌniɔɪ/ HUN-ee-oy)[3] is a tributary of the Genesee River in western New York in the United States. The name Honeoye is from the Seneca word ha-ne-a-yah, which translates to "lying finger", or "where the finger lies". The name refers to the local story of a Native American who had his finger bitten by a rattlesnake and therefore cut off his finger with a tomahawk.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Honeoye Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "04229500 Honeoye Creek near Honeoye Falls, NY, Water Data Report 2013" (PDF). National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1946–2013. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Honeoye Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Archived 2013-09-05 at the Wayback Machine honeoyelakechamber.org, accessed March 16, 2012.
  4. ^ Beauchamp, William Martin (1907). Aboriginal Place Names of New York (New York State Museum Bulletin, Volume 108). New York State Education Department. pp. 157–158. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  5. ^ "Early History of the Town of Richmond". Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2015.