Kisco River
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The Kisco River is a
hamlet of Stanwood and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean via the Croton River, the Hudson River, and New York Harbor
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Its name is derived from the village of Mount Kisco, which the river flows through. The name of Mount Kisco is further derived from "seesquee", which may also be written as "cisqua", which is the Algonquin word for "muddy place", referring to the marshlands in the area.
Course description
The Kisco River begins at the highlands of Arthur W. Butler Memorial Sanctuary, and travels westward in
Route 133. It then runs through "Riverwoods", a town house complex. It continues past the Bedford Yeshiva Farm Settlement, a small yeshiva. The Riverwoods wastewater treatment plant discharges its wastewater into the river at this point. It then passes underneath Croton Lake Road and empties into the Muscoot Reservoir at its widest point of 1,100 feet (340 m).[clarify
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Several storm drains empty into the river along its course. It runs through a primarily developed wetland area.
See also