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Leatherstocking Creek

Coordinates: 42°43′56″N 74°54′53″W / 42.73222°N 74.91472°W / 42.73222; -74.91472
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Leatherstocking Creek
Leatherstocking Creek in December 2018
Leatherstocking Creek is located in New York Adirondack Park
Leatherstocking Creek
Location of the mouth of Leatherstocking Creek
Leatherstocking Creek is located in the United States
Leatherstocking Creek
Leatherstocking Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCentral New York Region
CountyOtsego
TownOtsego
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNW of Pierstown
 • coordinates42°47′01″N 74°56′02″W / 42.78361°N 74.93389°W / 42.78361; -74.93389
MouthOtsego Lake
 • location
N of Cooperstown
 • coordinates
42°43′56″N 74°54′53″W / 42.73222°N 74.91472°W / 42.73222; -74.91472[1]
 • elevation
1,191 ft (363 m)
Basin features
ProgressionLeatherstocking Creek → Otsego Lake → Susquehanna RiverChesapeake BayAtlantic Ocean
WaterfallsLeatherstocking Falls

Leatherstocking Creek is a small creek in central Otsego County, New York. It begins northwest of Pierstown and flows southeast then south before flowing into Otsego Lake north of Cooperstown, and just south of Three Mile Point.[2]

The historic Leatherstocking Falls also known as "Panthers Leap" and "Deowongo Falls", are located on this creek.[3] These falls are where, in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, Leatherstocking saves the life of an Indian maiden.[4]

Picture of Leatherstocking Falls taken between 1865 and 1880

References

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  1. ^ "Leatherstocking Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  2. ^ "Otsego Lake Report" (PDF). Oneonta.edu. 1972. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Leatherstocking Falls". Geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Leatherstocking Falls". Otsegolandtrust.org. 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2017.