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This waterfall is located on private property.
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| County: |
Montgomery |
| Town: |
Amsterdam |
| USGS Map: |
Amsterdam |
| Waterway: |
Lewis Creek |
| Latitude: |
N 42° 54' 55" |
| Longitude: |
W 74° 7' 19" |
| Drop: |
50' |
| Width: |
Ribbon Cascade |
| Region: |
Southeast Montgomery County |
| Parking: |
NA |
| Trail type: |
NA |
| Length of hike: |
NA |
| Difficulty: |
NA |
| Accessibility: |
Private |
| Name: |
Common |
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Adriutha Falls, also known as Buttermilk
Falls, is listed in Russell Dunn's Mohawk Region Waterfall Guide
as a "historic" waterfall. The entry goes on to
indicate that it is not accessible because it is on private land.
To us, a historic falls is one that once existed, but for whatever
reason, no longer does. There are two waterfalls in St. Lawrence
County, for example, that are listed on the USGS GNIS, but are no
longer there because they were flooded over when dams were built
on the Raquette River. All indications are that this waterfall
does still exist. The coordinates we have listed are approximations
based on various information found. Even the waterway is somewhat
in question. There are several references, both in print and
on the Internet, to Lewis Creek. Topographic maps, however,
do not indicate this name on the waterway we suspect is Lewis Creek.
When all of our data is put together, we are fairly comfortable
with where we have positioned it. If anyone has anything to
add to this, please contact
us.
According to the old Mohawk-Turnpike Book on the nygenweb.net
website, the area was once known as Adriucha. This website
indicates that this name has its origin in Mohawk Indian history.
We assume that the name of this waterfall is an adaptation of this
term.
Also according to Russell Dunn, there is another waterfall, about
eight feet tall, just upstream of this location. We have
tried to locate both of these with satellite images but the
foliage is so dense in the area, that we were unable to do so.
Lewis Creek flows into the Mohawk River just downstream of this
waterfall. The flow then continues into the Hudson River before
reaching the Atlantic Ocean in New York City.
Last update: November 10, 2015
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