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Info from _New York Exposed: The Whitewater State, Vol. 2_. Local paddler Ken Bolton shared, in 2009: _New York Exposed_ calls this Fish Kill, but that's slightly erroneous and confusing. NY State DEP calls this Fishkill Creek. Further, while I haven't run the lower section down by Madame Brett Park, there is a great 0.5 mile run further upstream when the water is between 2 and 5.5 feet. Put-in is at Bridge St., off of Liberty. Cross the wooden bridge by foot and scramble down to the water. (The landowner and I are discussing access to the creek from the near-side.) Paddle upstream ~20 yards to a fun little hole on the left. The gauge is under the bridge on the left. A nice creek-wide standing wave is just below the bridge and makes a great play spot. Things flatten out until a hearty class III just before the take-out at the Central Hudson power station. A ten-minute walk up Liberty brings you back to the put-in. This creek is polluted: local kids, nearby auto dealerships, and the Walmart and Home Depot parking lots upstream contribute to a local history of toxic dumping. Shale creek-bottom, corroding rebar, and natural strainers abound. Downstate New York Area Reaches Beer Kill Beer Kill, W. Branch Callicoon Creek, E. Branch Callicoon Creek, N. Branch Coxing KillCroton Delaware (1.) Delaware (2. Mongaup Wave) Delaware (3.) Fishkill Creek Mombaccus CreekMongaup Moodna Creek Neversink (1.) Neversink (2.) Neversink, E. Branch Peters Kill Pocantico Popolopen Brook Ramapo Rochester Creek Rondout Creek (1.) Rondout Creek (2.) Rondout Creek (3.) Sandburg Creek Stony Brook (1.) Stony Brook (2.)Wallkill Wappinger Creek Google Map of New York Whitewater New York Whitewater Paddlers Facebook Group