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  Learn more about New York in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New York was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
New York was heavily glaciated in the Ice Age leaving much of the state with deep, fertile, though somewhat rocky soils.
As of 2000, New York is the third largest state in population after California and Texas, with a population of 18,976,457.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /n/ne/new_york.html   (946 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Archdiocese of New York
The suffragans of New York are the Dioceses of Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Ogdensburg, Rochester, and Syracuse in the State of New York, and Newark and Trenton in New Jersey.
New York is now the largest see in population, and the most important in influence and material prosperity of all the ecclesiastical divisions of the Church in Continental United States.
Public education in New York, at the opening of the nineteenth century, was denominational, and under the direction of the Public School Society organized in 1805 "to provide a free school for the education of poor children in the city who do not belong to, or are not provided for by any religious denomination".
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11020a.htm   (8325 words)

  
 Ramapo River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ramapo River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southern New York and northern New Jersey in the United States.
In New Jersey, it flows SSW, along the west side of the ridge of the Ramapo Mountains.
The New York State Thruway follows the valley of the river in Orange County.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramapo_River   (151 words)

  
 Susquehanna River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The river forms of two main branches, with the North Branch, which rises in upstate New York often regarded as an extension of the main branch.
The river drains a large watershed within the Allegheny Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains, cutting through water gaps in the lateral mountain ridges in a broad zigzag course to flow across the rural heartland of southeastern Pennsylvania, emptying in the north end of the Chesapeake Bay.
Rising near Cooperstown, New York, the north branch of the river runs east southeast through dairy country, receiving the Unadilla River at Sidney and the Chenango in downtown Binghamton.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Susquehanna_Valley   (751 words)

  
 Mohawk River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Mohawk River is a major waterway in north-central New York.
The river and its supporting canal, the New York State Barge Canal (still referred to as the Erie Canal), connect the Hudson River and port of New York with the Great Lakes.
The river has long been important to transportation and migration to the west as a passage between the Allegheny and Adirondack highlands.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Mohawk_River   (211 words)

  
 New York Details, Meaning New York Article and Explanation Guide
New York State's borders touch (clockwise from the northwest) two Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario, which are connected by the Niagara River), the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario in Canada, three New England states (Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut), the Atlantic Ocean, and two Mid-Atlantic states (New Jersey and Pennsylvania).
The five New York City boroughs and their (counties) are: The Bronx (Bronx) on the mainland north of Manhattan (New York) on Manhattan Island; the Hudson River is their western boundary.
Upstate New York includes the Catskill and Adirondack Mountains, the Shawangunk Ridge, the Finger and Great Lakes in the west and Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Oneida Lake in the northeast, and rivers such as the Delaware, Genesee, Hudson, Mohawk, and Susquehanna.
www.e-paranoids.com /n/ne/new_york.html   (1420 words)

  
 New York (city) - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New York City (also simply referred to as "New York") is an urban metropolis located at the bottom of the Hudson Valley within the Mid-Atlantic region on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States of America.
New York is the USA's largest city, sprawling across a vast metropolitan area that has a population of 22 million (as of 2002, ranked 5th in the world, after Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Mexico City and Seoul).
New York City proper (the core area of interest to the traveler and outside observers) consists of five boroughs, which are actually five separate New York state counties - each borough has an independent local government within the city and a unique culture (each could be a large city in its own right!).
wikitravel.org /en/New_York_(city)   (15664 words)

  
 New York Cottage Rentals & Cabin Rental, Cottage Canada - USA
These provinces are: the Atlantic Coastal Plain, a subdivision of the Coastal Plain; the New England Upland province, the Piedmont Plateau, the Ridge and Valley province, the Appalachian Plateaus, the Adirondack province, and the St. Lawrence Valley province, all subdivisions of the Appalachian Region; and the Central Lowland, a sub-division of the Interior Plains.
New York City is the point where the New England province meets the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The Taconic section is seen in Massachusetts and Vermont, as well as in New York state, where it is represented by a thin strip of highlands to the east of the Hudson River called the Taconic Range.
www.cottage-canada-usa.com /new_york.htm   (1498 words)

  
 New York Fast Facts and Trivia
The "New York Post" established in 1803 by Alexander Hamilton is the oldest running newspaper in the United States.
New York's highest waterfall is the 215 foot Taughannock.
New York was the first state to require license plates on cars.
www.50states.com /facts/newyork.htm   (978 words)

  
 American Whitewater -
Partial list of New York rivers where American Whitewater is actively engaged in hydropower relicense proceedings.
Ausable River: New York State Gas and Electric (NYSEG) is relicensing the Rainbow Falls hydroelectric project on the Ausable River.
Under New York state navigability laws, boaters do have the right to get out and scout or portage up to the high water mark.
www.americanwhitewater.org /archive/article/295   (943 words)

  
 New York Rivers United | Staff
As a result of his advocacy, hundreds of miles of dry river bed in New York have been restored to natural flows and power companies have committed millions of dollars to environmental and recreational enhancements.
Carpenter is also a member on the New York State Open Space Committee and the Great Lakes United's Habitat and Biodiversity Task Force.
Most recently he was appointed as the New York State Coordinator of the national Clean Water Network.
www.newyorkriversunited.org /staff.php   (669 words)

  
 Teachers tap New York rivers to achieve new standards - 9.22.99 - New York Teacher -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tom Hobart, president of New York State United Teachers, said the impressive range of river programs, highlighted last spring in an exhibit at the state museum, reflect "the vitality and commitment to standards that are hallmarks of New York state public schools."
Teachers said a common goal was to incorporate the state's new high standards in the river projects.
Students not only wrote about the Grasse River, but recorded its sounds, encoded them onto compact disk, and exchanged recordings with students from other districts who captured the sounds of the north country's rivers.
www.nysut.org /newyorkteacher/backissues/1999-2000/19990922river01.html   (1039 words)

  
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Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.
Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures.
worldatlas.com /geoquiz/thelist.htm   (583 words)

  
 History of the Erie, Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga & Seneca canals
When a canal across New York State was first proposed by Jesse Hawley, a miller in the town of Geneva, President Thomas Jefferson thought it was "little short of madness".
Today, the New York State Canal System extends over 524 miles and connects with hundreds of lakes and rivers.
The Durham Project–a research and education initiative in transportation geography that locates and interprets the physical remains of New York’s earliest canals and navigation improvements.
www.nycanal.com /nycanalhistory.html   (504 words)

  
 New York State Boat Launching Sites (waters beginning N-Z)
On River Road, 2 miles south of the Village of Morristown.
On the north bank of river at the intersection of Route 7 and new Route 8.
Adjacent to Route 23 bridge crossing the Unadilla River in the Hamlet of South New Berlin.
www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/fish/foe4cbl3.html   (2227 words)

  
 New Releases - Updates and Additions of New York Books
Portrait and biographical record of Orange County, New York : containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county : together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States.
New York State is rife with tales of ghosts and hauntings, and the author's chosen career is seeking out and documenting them throughout the Mid-Atlantic states.
This is the definitive history of the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, from its inception in 1904 as the longest rapid transit line constructed up to that time, to the centennial, as one of the greatest urban achievements of the twentieth century.
www.hopefarm.com /update.htm   (16892 words)

  
 New York State's Fish Hatcheries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Each year, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers head out to the state's numerous lakes, ponds, rivers and streams in hopes of catching some fish.
Many anglers may be unaware, however, that a number of the fish they catch were probably raised in one of New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) fish hatcheries.
For a listing of these facilities, see the table below.
www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/fish/foe4chat.html   (466 words)

  
 New York Rivers United | Home
New York Rivers United (NYRU) is a statewide river conservation organization created in 1992 by a coalition of river groups to address the environmental and recreational consequences of the relicensing of more than 50 hydropower projects on various rivers across the state.
Our leadership and success in hydropower reform, has resulted in NYRU becoming the "go to" organization for river conservation issues statewide as well as nationally.
Working with local communities and partners across the country we are now actively involved in watershed restoration and small dam removal, river advocacy and public education, Hudson River cleanup activities, and state and national policy development.
www.newyorkriversunited.org   (211 words)

  
 New York State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
Above the shield is an eagle resting on a globe representing the Western Hemisphere.
Largest Cities: New York   Buffalo   Rochester   Yonkers   Syracuse   Albany   New Rochelle   Mount Vernon   Schenectady   Utica
Born: December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York
www.50states.com /newyork.htm   (332 words)

  
 East Longmeadow Public Library New Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux ; [Vancouver, BC?] : Distributed in Canada by Douglas and McIntyre, 2005.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2005.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2005.
www.eastlongmeadow.org /Library/New%20items/books305.htm   (1643 words)

  
 Gawker, Manhattan Media News and Gossip
And while we may be afflicted with the spicy tingle of class envy, we don’t really care how offensively wealthy the Bronfmans and Chryslers residing within its walls may be; we’re just trying to figure out how many Beirut tables we could fit in one of these units.
Sometimes, his life is inconvenienced by new rules put in place after he settled a lawsuit regarding his fondness for phone sex and loofahs.
Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti came on to promote his new album and was introduced by Katie Couric — who just happened to famously date Botti after the death of her husband.
www.gawker.com /index.php   (2717 words)

  
 New York City New Automobiles Official Site .com ®
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While best known for New York City's urban atmosphere, especially Manhattan's skyscrapers, by contrast the rest of the state is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes.
Four of New York City's five boroughs are on the three islands at the mouth of the Hudson River Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Long Island.
officialsite.com /index.asp?RegionID=45&CategoryID=43   (213 words)

  
 WESTERN NEW YORK & PENNSYVANIA BORDER HISTORY
Marine Corporal Miles M. Oviatt of Olean, New York (Cattaraugus County) was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Mobile Bay under Admiral David Farragut.
Discover this 1868 role and odyssey of the wife of a log raft pilot cruising the Allegany and the Ohio Rivers.
Ohio River Valley Families -- a massive, but readily accessible, database of families who settled within fifty miles of the Ohio River over its length, collected by the author, Allen David Distler.
home.bluemarble.net /~julian/ohiorivr.htm   (650 words)

  
 Amazon.com Books: The New York Times® Best Sellers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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As well as listing the world's largest, tallest, heaviest and most extreme,...
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 NYWiki - Every person, place, and hot dog in New York City
From Abe Beame to Zeckendorf Towers, this is an encyclopedia of New York and it's all written by New Yorkers like you.
Rivers and Bodies of Water — Parks — Cemeteries — Islands
New Amsterdam — British New York — Pre-Dutch New York — 17th Century — 18th Century — 19th Century — 20th Century — 21st Century
www.nywiki.com   (253 words)

  
 Food Waste Disposers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Until 1997, New York City prohibited the use of Food Waste Disposers (FWDs) in all parts of the City served by combined sewers which carry sanitary waste generated by homes and businesses and storm water entering the sewer system from the streets during wet weather.
However DEP continues to monitor the impacts of FWDs closely and to ensure a quick response to adverse impacts where necessary, particularly in light of the current requirements to substantially reduce nitrogen discharges into Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay over the next decade.
To learn more, print out the Executive Summary of "The Impact of Food Waste Disposers in Combined Sewer Areas Of New York City" report.
www.nyc.gov /html/dep/html/grinders.html   (294 words)

  
 Amtrak - Routes
New York - Albany - Syracuse - Rochester - Buffalo - Niagara Falls
New York - Philadelphia - Washington, DC Michigan Services
New York - Washington, DC - Charleston - Savannah - Jacksonville - Orlando - Tampa/Miami
www.amtrak.com /servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/Page/Routes_Index_Page&c=Page&cid=1080072922209&ssid=4   (236 words)

  
 Bars with Fireplaces in New York City - Holiday Bars
Amber lights and a working fireplace shed a warm glow on the elegantly curved bar, Victorian banquettes, and marble tables.
Try a martini from their extensive list of blends.
About New York | Contact New York | Subscribe to the Magazine | Customer Services | Media Kit
www.newyorkmetro.com /urban/guides/holidays/bars/fireplaces.htm   (511 words)

  
 The ACC
The ACC is a group of paddlers in the Twin Tiers Region of Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania.
The club makes good use of the incredible rivers, lakes, and streams of our area as well as some located afar.
We have many paddle trips planned on the various rivers of the region which include: the Susquehanna River, the Delaware River, the Chenango River, the Tioughnioga and the Unadilla Rivers.
www.ahwagacanoe.com   (407 words)

  
 WaterWatch -- Maps and graphs of current water resources conditions
Although the general appearance of the map changes very little from one hour to the next, individual sites may change rapidly in response to major rain events or to reservoir releases.
Table of real-time streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of the year (New York)
Time series plot of real-time streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of the year (New York)
water.usgs.gov /cgi-bin/daily_flow?ny   (1313 words)

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