Mohawk River
For other uses, see Mohawk River (disambiguation) |
Hudson River watershed map showing the Mohawk River |
The
Mohawk River is a major waterway in north-central
New York,
United States. The river flows about 230 km ESE from
Oneida County entering the
Hudson River near
Albany. The cities of
Schenectady,
Amsterdam,
Utica, and
Rome are built on its banks. The river and its supporting canal, the
Erie Canal (a part of the New York State Canal System, called the New York State Barge Canal for much of the 20th century), connect the Hudson River and port of
New York with the
Great Lakes, at
Buffalo, New York.
The river has long been important to transportation and migration to the west as a passage between the
Allegheny and
Adirondack highlands. The fertile valley also attracted early settlers, and a number of important battles of the
French and Indian War and the
Revolution were fought here.
During the early westward growth of the United States, the
Erie Canal was an important link to the west that followed or used the river's path.
The middle course of the Mohawk River runs through Montgomery County, where most of the village sites of the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy are located. The Mohawks were compelled to leave the region during the American Revolution.
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Cohoes Falls*
List of New York rivers
