Mink Creek (Canadarago Lake tributary)

For other creeks with same name, see Mink Creek.
Otskonoga
Mink Creek, Trout Brook
Mink Creek (Canadarago Lake tributary) is located in New York Adirondack Park
Mink Creek (Canadarago Lake tributary)
Location of the mouth of Mink Creek
Mink Creek (Canadarago Lake tributary) is located in the United States
Mink Creek (Canadarago Lake tributary)
Mink Creek (Canadarago Lake tributary) (the United States)
Native nameOtskonoga (Iroquoian languages)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCentral New York
CountyOtsego
TownRichfield
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWest-northwest of Richfield Springs[2]
 • coordinates42°52′01″N 75°01′26″W / 42.8669444°N 75.0238889°W / 42.8669444; -75.0238889[1]
 • elevationApproximately 1,420 ft (430 m)[2]
MouthCanadarago Lake
 • location
South of Richfield Springs
 • coordinates
42°50′21″N 75°00′01″W / 42.8392392°N 75.0001564°W / 42.8392392; -75.0001564[1]
 • elevation
1,280 ft (390 m)[1]
Basin size10.8 sq mi (28 km2)[3]
Basin features
ProgressionHyder Creek → Canadarago Lake → Oaks Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River systemSusquehanna

Mink Creek or Otskonoga, also known as Trout Brook, is a stream in northern Otsego County, New York. Its source is adjacent to US Route 20 just east of the community of Brighton and west-northwest of the Village of Richfield Springs and flows northeast into an unnamed swamp in adjacent Herkimer County. It then exits the swamp and flows south back into Otsego County before converging with Canadarago Lake south of Richfield Springs.[2] The Iroquois' name for the creek is Otskonoga.[4]

Fishing

Suckers can be speared and taken from the creek from January 1 to May 15, each year.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mink Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Schuyler Lake, NY, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943 (1981 rev)
  3. ^ "USGS 0149637005 MINK CREEK AT MOUTH AT RICHFIELD SPRINGS NY". usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Annals of Richfield". archive.org. 1900. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  5. ^ "NEW YORK STATE FRESHWATER FISHING REGULATIONS GUIDE" (PDF). www.dec.ny.gov. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. April 1, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.


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