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Kayaderosseras

Field	Value
name	Kayaderosseras Creek
image	KayaderosserasCreekApril2012.jpg
image_caption	Kayaderosseras Creek looking downstream from US Route 9, April 2012
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	New York
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Upstate New York
subdivision_type4	Metropolitan area
subdivision_name4	Capital District
subdivision_type5	Counties
subdivision_name5	Saratoga County
source1_location	Corinth, Saratoga County, New York
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	1400 ft
mouth	Saratoga Lake
mouth_location	Saratoga Springs/Malta, Saratoga County, New York
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	200 ft
river_system	Hudson River Watershed
basin_size_mi2	195
tributaries_left	Mud Creek, Vly Creek, Star Brook, Geyser Brook, Bog Meadow Brook
tributaries_right	South Branch Kayaderosseras, Crook Brook, Glowgee Creek, Gordon Creek, Mourning Kill

The Kayaderosseras Creek, usually shortened to Kaydeross, is the largest river that lies completely within Saratoga County, New York State. It originates in the Kayaderosseras Range in the northern part of the county, passes through the towns of Corinth, Greenfield, and Milton, and serves as the boundary between the City of Saratoga Springs and the Town of Malta before emptying into Saratoga Lake.

History

The Mohawk tribe of the Iroquois Five Nations used the associated valley as a summer hunting and fishing destination. In Arthur James Johnson's History of Round Lake, N.Y., the name Kayaderosseras is described as an "Indian name" purchased by the colony of New York from the Mohicans. However, James goes on to claim that the word is "evidently a corruption by mispronunciation of two French terms: pays arrosé, a watered country, or pays des ruisseaux, a country of streams.

George West's "Empire Mill" along the creek at Rock City Falls

The creek is best known for providing water power to a host of paper mills and a hard edge-tool factory in the 19th century. "Paper Bag King" George West established his paper bag empire on the banks of the Kayaderosseras Creek in Rock City Falls in 1862. Of the dozen paper mills situated along the creek in the late 19th century, only the Cottrell Paper Company is still in operation as of 2024.

From 1898 to 1929, the 12 mile Kaydeross Railroad, or Ballston Terminal Railroad, a trolley railroad line, closely followed the banks of the creek to serve the paper mills and Isaiah Blood's tool factory. Although this line also carried passengers, it mainly existed to carry freight.

Over-logging caused the flow of the creek to decrease dramatically in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today the creek possesses several popular fishing spots, especially in Rock City Falls, Milton Center, and Craneville. The principal fish is the brown trout, which is stocked.

Gallery

Image:Kaydeross_MinerRoad.jpg|Kayaderosseras Creek crossing Miner Road in Corinth NY, near its source Image:Kayaderosseras Creek at Howe Road.jpg|Kayaderosseras Creek crossing Depot Rd Road in Corinth NY Image:Kayaderosseras Creek at Spier Falls Road.jpg|Kayaderosseras Creek Crossing Spier Falls Road in Greenfield NY Image:Kayaderosseras Creek at Ballston Spa NY.jpg|Kayaderosseras Creek at the former Union Mill complex in Ballston Spa, NY Image:Kayaderosseras Creek Below Ballston Spa.jpg|Kayaderosseras Creek below Ballston Spa crossed by railroad trestle Image:The Mourning Kill joins the Karaderosseras.jpg|Confluence of the Mourning Kill with the Kayaderosseras Creek in Malta, NY Image:Kaydeross Creek in the Arrowhead Casino Prehistoric Site.jpg|Kayaderosseras Creek near its mouth Image:Mouth of Kaydeross Creek at Saratoga Lake.jpg|Mouth of Kayaderosseras Creek at Saratoga Lake

References

The Ballston Terminal Railroad And Its Successors, 2007

References

{{cite GNIS. 954412. Kayaderosseras Creek. April 28, 2016
Weise, Arthur James. (1887). "History of Round Lake, Saratoga County, N.Y.". Douglas Taylor.
Starr, Timothy. (2007). "The Lost Industries of the Kaydeross Valley: A History of Manufacturing in Ballston Spa, New York". Instant Pub..
"Fly Fishing Kayaderosseras Creek New York".

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