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The headwaters of Wappinger creek are at an elevation of TOO 

 to 1000 feet above tidewater. 



Murderers creek. This creek rises in the central part of Orange 

 county and flows easterly into the Hudson at Cornwall. Its chief 

 tributaries are Otter creek and Cromiline creek. It is not an 

 important stream. 



Bond out creek. This stream has its source in the timber-covered 

 mountain group forming Wittemberg chain. It flows south- 

 easterly to Xapanoch, where it encounters the foot of the Shawan- 

 gunk range, turns abruptly to the northeast and enters the Hudson 

 river at Bondout. Its catchment on the south is very restricted, 

 as it is separated from the Wallkil] river only by the narrow 

 Shawangunk mountains. Notable waterfalls occur at Honk falls 

 and Xapanoch over the Hudson river shale, and on Good Beer kill 

 above Ellenville. On Good Beer kill there is a total fall of S70 

 feet from the Cape, three miles above Ellenville, to Ellenville. 

 Of this about 200 feet are concentrated in a series of cascades 

 called Hanging Bock falls. 



Water power was orginally developed at Xapanoch in 1754. 

 At present there are five dams utilizing a total fall of 115 feet. 

 A series of cascades with a descent of about 50 feet occurs at 

 High Falls, where the water flows over Bosendale cement rock. 



The following are the catchment areas of Bondout creek : 



Square mile* 



Above Honk falls 88 



Above High Falls 3:<i) 



Above Bosendale 365 



Above Wallkill river 369 



Below Wallkill river 1.148 



Above Bondont village 1.164 



Formerly the Delaware and Hudson canal utilized slack water 

 from the mouth of Bondout creek to Eddyville. From the head 

 of the pond above Eddyville dam, the canal runs parallel to 

 Bondout creek as far as Xapanoch. In 1898 the canal was 

 abandonee] from Honesdale, Pa., "to Ellenville, and in August. 



