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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  these 
  streams 
  is 
  important 
  from 
  the 
  waterpower 
  point 
  of 
  view. 
  

   The 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Batavia 
  kill 
  have 
  been 
  proposed 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  

   by 
  a 
  tunnel 
  through 
  the 
  Catskill 
  mountains 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

   supply 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city. 
  

  

  In 
  1899 
  and 
  1900 
  the 
  Empire 
  State 
  Power 
  Company 
  developed 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  water 
  power 
  on 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  at 
  Schoharie 
  falls 
  a 
  

   few 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  its 
  mouth. 
  Their 
  dam, 
  however, 
  has 
  been 
  twice 
  

   injured 
  by 
  floods 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  understood 
  that 
  at 
  present 
  (spring 
  of 
  

   1904) 
  they 
  are 
  out 
  of 
  business. 
  There 
  are 
  however 
  negotiations 
  

   in 
  progress 
  looking 
  toward 
  a 
  consolidation 
  with 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  

   Power 
  Company, 
  but 
  until 
  these 
  are 
  completed 
  it 
  is 
  uncertain 
  

   whether 
  the 
  dam 
  will 
  be 
  repaired 
  or 
  not. 
  

  

  Garoga 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  Garoga 
  lakes 
  and 
  Peck 
  

   pond. 
  It 
  flows 
  southerly 
  into 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  two 
  miles 
  above 
  

   Fort 
  Plain. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  above 
  its 
  mouth 
  is 
  89 
  square 
  

   miles. 
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  East 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  This 
  creek, 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  

   tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river, 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Hamilton 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  southerly, 
  joining 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  at 
  East 
  

   creek, 
  about 
  7 
  miles 
  from 
  Little 
  Falls. 
  According 
  to 
  a 
  map 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  by 
  Stephen 
  E. 
  Babcock, 
  of 
  Little 
  Falls, 
  the 
  total 
  catchment 
  

   area 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  is 
  285.7 
  square 
  miles, 
  of 
  which 
  58.2 
  

   square 
  miles 
  are 
  in 
  Hamilton 
  county, 
  98.4 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  Herki- 
  

   mer 
  county, 
  128 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  Fulton 
  county, 
  andl 
  1.1 
  square 
  

   miles 
  in 
  Montgomery 
  county. 
  Following 
  are 
  the 
  elevations 
  of 
  

   principal 
  points 
  on 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  : 
  

  

  Feet 
  

  

  Bottom 
  of 
  Beardslee 
  falls 
  near 
  mouth 
  , 
  

  

  Top 
  of 
  Beardslee 
  falls 
  105 
  

  

  Bottom 
  of 
  High 
  falls 
  327 
  

  

  Top 
  of 
  High 
  falls 
  379 
  

  

  Crest 
  of 
  dam 
  at 
  Dolgeville 
  445 
  

  

  Mouth 
  of 
  Spruce 
  creek 
  477 
  

  

  Mouth 
  of 
  Fish 
  creek 
  559 
  

  

  Emmonsburg 
  646 
  

  

  Stratford 
  720 
  

  

  Oregon 
  1,140 
  

  

  