Chenango River
TheChenango River[3]is a 90-mile-long (140 km)[4]tributaryof theSusquehanna Riverin centralNew Yorkin the United States. It drains adissected plateauarea inupstate New Yorkat the northern end of the Susquehanna watershed.
Named after theOneida wordforbull thistle,[5]in the 19th century the Chenango furnished a critical link in thecanalsystem of thenortheastern United States.TheChenango Canal,built from 1836–1837 between Utica and Binghamton, connected theErie Canalin the north to the Susquehanna River. The canal was rendered obsolete byrailroadsand was abandoned in 1878.
Flooding is often a concern during the spring and fall.
Course
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The Chenango River begins nearMorrisvilleinMadison County,in central New York, in the Morrisville Swamp in the Town of Smithfield, about 25 miles southwest ofUtica.The river flows from the Campbell Lakes in the swamp, from waters flowing in from the Smithfield Hills to the north and west and a series of cliffs called "The Ledges" to the north and east. It flows south-southeast through the swamp. From Morrisville, it flows south pastEatonand is paralleled by the remnants of the old Chenango Canal fromRandallsville,just south ofHamilton,to just north ofEarlvillewhere the old canal joined the river. Continuing south the Chenango is joined by theSangerfield River,also known as the East Branch of the Chenango,[6]just south of Earlville. Then it flows south pastSherburnetoNorwich,where it turns southwest. AtOxfordit turns south, and at Warn Lake it again turns southwest. It flows pastBrisbenandGreenetoChenango Forks,where, about nine miles north ofBinghamton,it receives from the right its major tributary, theTioughnioga River.[7]It ends where it joins theSusquehannafrom the north in downtown Binghamton inBroome County.Its overall length is about 90 miles.
Tributaries
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- Callahan Brook
- Electric Light Stream
- Eaton Brook
- Bradley Brook
- Kingsley Brook
- Stone Mill Brook
- Cold Spring Brook
- Fly Creek
- Cold Brook
- Canasawacta Creek
- Gilmore Brook
- Fly Meadow Creek
- Mill Brook
- Bowman Creek,
- Tillotson Creek
- Spring Brook
- Genegantslet Creek
- Ockerman Brook
- Tioughnioga River
- Thomas Creek
- Castle Creek
- Cutler Creek
Left
- Payne Brook
- Sangerfield River
- Mad Brook
- West Brook
- Whapanaka Brook
- Thompson Creek
- Ransford Creek
- Glen Road Brook
- Wheeler Brook
- Page Brook Creek
- Osborne Creek
- Phelps Creek
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^Van Alstyne, Henry A. (January 1, 1905).Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York.Albany, New York: Albany Brandow Printing Company. p. 634.Retrieved14 November2014.
- ^abc"USGS 01512500 CHENANGO RIVER NEAR CHENANGO FORKS NY".waterdata.usgs.gov/.United States Geological Survey.Retrieved14 November2014.
- ^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chenango River
- ^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National MapArchived2012-03-29 at theWayback Machine,accessed August 8, 2011
- ^Runkle, Stephen A.Native American Waterbody and Place Names within the Susquehanna River Basin and Surrounding SubbasinsArchived2012-07-11 at theWayback MachinePublication 229.Susquehanna River Basin Commission,September 2003.
- ^1902 U.S.G.S. topographic mapMorrisville 15' QuadrangleArchived2013-04-08 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Outdoor Activities: Fishing: Places to Fish: Central NY Fishing: Chenango River".New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 2012.
