Beaverkill River
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The Beaverkill River is a tributary of the East Branch Delaware River, approximately 44 mi (70 km) long, in the U.S. State of New York. The river runs through the Catskill Mountains and has long been celebrated as one of the most famous trout streams in the United States. Its preservation helped establish many of the basic conservation principles of rivers in the U.S.
It rises in northern Sullivan County, approximately 20 mi (32 km) north of Monticello. It flows generally WNW, past Roscoe, into southern Delaware County. For most of its course it forms the southern boundary of Catskill State Park. It joins the East Branch Delaware from the southeast at East Branch, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of the forks of the Delaware.
The river has been popular as a trout stream since the early 19th century, when it became one of the first resort destinations in the United States. The subsequent depletion of the brook trout population by the 1850s led to an early conservation movement to preserve the river, including the introduction of hatcheries for brown trout. Its popularity as a trout stream arises in part from the many cold springs and deep pools in the upper river that keep the water at an even cold temperature. The fly fishing industry is centered around Roscoe, the location of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center.
See also
External links
- Fly fishing the Beaverkill (http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/beaverkill.html)
- GORP: The Beaverkill River (http://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/fishing/features/wa_nyc3.htm)
- The Beaverkill: The History of A River and Its People (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1585746916/qid=1100732283/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-3715165-5136161?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)