Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a 149-mile-long river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River, flowing into it in Cohoes, a few miles north of the state capital of Albany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New York state, United States
- Also known as: “Canneoganaka lonita’de”, “Con-ne-o-ga-ha-ka-lon-on-i-ta-de”, “Da-ya-hoo-wa-quat”, “Maaquas River”, “Magnas Kill”, “Maquaas Kill”, “Maquas Kill”, “Mohocks River”, “Mohok River”, “O-i-o-gue”, “Ohionhiió:ke Stream”, “Riviere Mohock”, “Shenectady River”, “Te-non-an-at-che”, “Te-uge-ga”, and “Yenonanatche”
- Neighbors: Schenectady
Places of Interest
Highlights include Van Schaick House and Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground.
Van Schaick House
Museum
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Van Schaick House is a historic home located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1735 for Anthony Van Schaick, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick dwelling with a gambrel roof.
Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground
Cemetery
Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground is a historic cemetery located in the Lansingburgh section of Troy in Rensselaer County, New York. It was founded in 1771 and contains approximately 350 graves dating to 1912.
Herman Melville House
Museum
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The Herman Melville House is a historic home located at Lansingburgh in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. It was a home of author Herman Melville between 1838 and 1847.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cohoes and Green Island.
Cohoes
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Cohoes is a city in Albany County on the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, where the Mohawk forms several channels and islands.
Green Island
Village
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Green Island is a coterminous town-village in Albany County, New York, United States, some 8 miles north of Albany. Green Island is one of only five such town-village amalgamations in New York.
Watervliet
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Watervliet is a city in northeastern Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 10,375 as of the 2020 census. Watervliet is north of Albany, the capital of the state, and is bordered on the north, west, and south by the town of Colonie.
Mohawk River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Saratoga, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Mohawk River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Mohawk”
- Basque: “Mohawk ibaia”
- Catalan: “Riu Mohawk”
- Cebuano: “Mohawk River”
- Chinese: “莫霍克河”
- Chuvash: “Мохок”
- Danish: “Mohawk River”
- Danish: “Mohawk-floden”
- Danish: “Mohawk”
- Danish: “Mohawkfloden”
- Dutch: “Mohawk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر موهاوك”
- Estonian: “Mohawki jõgi”
- French: “Mohawk”
- French: “Rivière Mohawk”
- German: “Mohawk River”
- German: “Mohawk-Tal”
- Hebrew: “נהר מוהוק”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mohawk”
- Italian: “Fiume Mohawk”
- Italian: “Mohawk”
- Japanese: “モホーク川”
- Korean: “모호크강”
- Lithuanian: “Mohaukas”
- Lithuanian: “Mohokas”
- Malayalam: “മൊഹാവ്ക് നദി”
- Mingrelian: “მოჰოკი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “მოჰოკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mohawk River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mohawk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mohawkelven”
- Norwegian: “Mohawk River”
- Polish: “Mohawk”
- Portuguese: “Rio Mohawk”
- Romanian: “Mohawk River”
- Romanian: “Râul Mohawk”
- Russian: “Могавк”
- Russian: “Могак”
- Russian: “Мохок (река)”
- Russian: “Мохок”
- Serbian: “Мохок”
- Slovenian: “Mohawk River”
- Slovenian: “Mohawk”
- Slovenian: “reka Mohawk”
- South Azerbaijani: “موهوک چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Mohawk”
- Spanish: “Río Mohawk”
- Swedish: “Mohawkfloden”
- Turkish: “Mohawk Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Могок”
- Ukrainian: “Ріка Могайк”
- Venetian: “Mohawk”
- Vietnamese: “sông Mohawk”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Mohawk”
- Welsh: “Afon Mohawk”
- Western Frisian: “Mohawk”
- Western Panjabi: “موہاک دریا”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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