| Neversink River | |
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 The Neversink near Cuddebackville
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Counties | Orange, Sullivan |
| Major city | Port Jervis |
| Length | 65 mi (105 km) |
| Watershed | 435 sq mi (1,127 km²) |
| Discharge at | Bridgeville |
| - average | 212 cu ft/s (6 m³/s) |
| - maximum | 361 cu ft/s (10 m³/s) |
| - minimum | 112 cu ft/s (3 m³/s) |
| Discharge elsewhere | |
| - Claryville | 174 cu ft/s (5 m³/s) |
| Primary source | East Branch Neversink River |
| - location | S of col between Slide and Cornell mountains, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County |
| - coordinates | |
| - elevation | 2,960 ft (902 m) |
| Other source | West Branch Neversink River |
| - location | NW slope of Slide Mountain, Town of Shandaken |
| - coordinates | |
| - elevation | 3,480 ft (1,061 m) |
| Source confluence | |
| - location | S of Claryville, Sullivan County |
| - coordinates | |
| - elevation | 1,600 ft (488 m) |
| Mouth | Delaware River |
| - coordinates | |
| - elevation | 400 ft (122 m) |
 The Neversink and its two branches
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The Neversink River (also called Neversink Creek in its upper course) is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 65 miles (105 km) long, in southeastern New York in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Orange County is a County located in the US state of New York. Sullivan County is a County located in the US state of New York. Port Jervis is an American City in Orange County, New York. 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" Because of Theodore Gordon expertly matching dry fishing flies to actual insects in the 1890s, and due to the research of Edward Ringwood Hewitt from his property above the town of Neversink, the Neversink River is considered by many to be the birthplace of American dry fly fishing. Theodore Gordon, a consumptive hermit with a cosmopolitan personality was a writer who fished the Catskill region of New York State in the late 1800s through [1]
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Course
The Neversink's main flow begins just south of the border between Ulster and Sullivan counties, where the east and west branches of the river join near the hamlet of Claryville. Ulster County is a County located in the state of New York, USA. Sullivan County is a County located in the US state of New York. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. Neversink is a Town in Sullivan County, New York, United States. Both begin on the slopes of Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskills. Slide Mountain is the highest peak in the Catskills. It is located in the Town of Shandaken in Ulster County, in southern New The Catskill Mountains (also known as simply the Catskills) a natural area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany The west branch is joined by several major tributaries, such as Biscuit Brook and Pigeon Creek at Frost Valley YMCA in the town of Shandaken, Ulster County. Frost Valley YMCA is a camping environmental education and conferencing center located in the Catskill Mountains of New York. In its upper course it is a rocky and wild stream, ideal for trout fishing although most of the land around it is privately owned.
Not far downriver from the confluence in Neversink, it is impounded to form the Neversink Reservoir. Neversink is a Town in Sullivan County, New York, United States. Neversink Reservoir is one of several in the Catskill Mountains that supply water to New York City and other communities along its water supply network It is connected by a 5-mile (8 km) water tunnel to Rondout Reservoir, and subsequently to the Delaware Aqueduct. Water tunnels are used to deliver water by using a below ground channel Rondout Reservoir is part of New York City's water supply network. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Delaware Aqueduct is the oldest existing wire Suspension bridge in the United States; it runs The Neversink Reservoir resulted in the displacement of many locals as several towns along the river were flooded to make the reservoir.
It flows generally southeast through the mountains and is impounded in the town of Neversink to form the Neversink Reservoir of the New York City Water Supply System. Neversink Reservoir is one of several in the Catskill Mountains that supply water to New York City and other communities along its water supply network It flows through the town of Fallsburg, the hamlets of Woodbourne, South Fallsburg, and Old Falls. Fallsburg is a Town in Sullivan County, New York, United States. South Fallsburg is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Sullivan County, New York, United States. It then enters the town of Thompson near Bridgeville, where it intersects New York State Route 17/Interstate 86 at Exit 107. Bridgeville is a hamlet southeast of Monticello New York (the County seat) located in the southern Catskill Mountains in the Town of Thompson New York State Route 17, also known as the Southern Tier Expressway (between the Pennsylvania - New York border and Binghamton) the Quickway Interstate 86 was once assigned to what is now Interstate 84 east of East Hartford, Connecticut. It runs past Holiday Mountain Ski Area. In southern Sullivan County, it returns to less developed country, going over its largest waterfalls, Denton Falls and High Falls in the Neversink Gorge. The Neversink Gorge is located in the town of Forestburgh New York, USA and is one of the more outstanding features of the Neversink River. It then turns southeastward into western Orange County. Orange County is a County located in the US state of New York. Near Cuddebackville, it is joined from the northeast by Basher Kill, then flows southwest, paralleling US 209, joining the Delaware at Port Jervis, at Tristate Rock, where New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania converge underneath the Interstate 84 bridge. Deerpark is a Town in Orange County, New York, United States. US Route 209 is a long US highway in the states of Pennsylvania and New York. Port Jervis is an American City in Orange County, New York. The population was 8860 at the 2000 census New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Interstate 84 (abbreviated I-84) is an Interstate highway extending from Dunmore Pennsylvania (near Scranton Pennsylvania) at an intersection
Recreation
Along much of its length it is a popular trout stream, mostly north of Woodbourne. Trout is the common name given to a number of Species of Freshwater Fish belonging to the Salmonidae family In addition to rainbow trout, brown trout, and brook trout, the river is home to other fish species such as smallmouth bass, carp, sucker, bluegill, American eel, and a diverse range of flora and fauna. The rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of Salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America The brown trout ( Salmo trutta morpha fario and S trutta morpha lacustris) and the sea trout ( S The brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, (sometimes called the eastern brook trout, Adirondack coaster lake trout) is a Species of Fish The smallmouth bass ( Micropterus dolomieui) is a Species of Freshwater Fish in the sunfish family ( Centrarchidae) Carp is a common name for various Freshwater Fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large For the exoatmospheric nuclear test refer to Bluegill (nuclear test. The American eel, Anguilla rostrata, is a Catadromous Fish found on the eastern coast of North America. Other forms of recreation are rarely pursued on the river. Several swimming holes are available, however many are on private property or restricted public property. The relative narrow nature of the river allows for limited boating. The river is mostly navagable with small watercraft from near its dam in Hasbrouck to its mouth, however, it is seldom traveled. In the late 1800s the river was said to have been navagable to Claryville, where a tannery existed. The river may have been a popular route for the tannery's trade as well as smaller steam propelled vessels.
It was formerly crossed by the Delaware & Hudson Canal at Cuddebackville by an early aqueduct bridge designed by John Roebling and built in 1851. "D&H" redirects here for the firearm magazine manufacturing company see D&H Industries The Delaware and Hudson Railway ( D&H) is an Deerpark is a Town in Orange County, New York, United States. An aqueduct is an artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling, June 12, 1806 in Mühlhausen - July 22, 1869) was a German-born 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year
History
In heavy rains it sometimes floods near its mouth. This occurred most recently in April 2005, causing some destruction and dislocation in the Port Jervis area, particularly the Myers Grove community near Huguenot, that continues to have an effect. Deerpark is a Town in Orange County, New York, United States. In addition, heavy rains in combination with an extended period of unusually warm weather after a moderate to heavy winter with a considerable snowpack can produce devastating floods at the headwaters of the river from January to April.
For a detailed history of the river, see Quinlan's History of Sullivan County, a rare book published in 1873.
Tributaries
- Basher Kill
- Sheldrake Stream
- Eden Brook
- Mullet Brook
- Monell Brook
References
- ^ page xv, The Legendary Neversink by Justin Askins
See also
External links
- 1851 Neversink Aqueduct
- The Neverskink Valley Area Museum
- D&H Canal Historical Society
- USGS Report, Flood of April 2–3, 2005, Neversink River Basin
- Mouth or other endpoint (Delaware River) is at coordinates
- Source (Confluence of east and west branches) is at coordinates