NYCkayaker Sherman Creek. Was: (no subject)

[mark handy]

It's a small inlet on the Harlem River, between Dyckman Street and 207 Street.  The area around it is being developed, and we uptowners are pushing for water access.

I don't know the history. Wikipedia says it was named for a Sherman family that settled nearby in the early 1800s -- no mention of William Tecumseh.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: TomBrooklyn <tombrook11232 at yahoo.com>

Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:43:21 
To:nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Sherman Creek.  Was: (no subject)


> From: "Tim Gamble"  
> Tracy from the Harlem River Boat club just sent this to me.
> vvvvvvvvv
> The Parks & Cultural Affairs
> committee will be hearing from the NYC Parks Dept about Sherman Creek,
> and developing public waterfront access in the area.  
> Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.  PS/IS 176 Auditorium
> 4862 Broadway (btw. Academy & W 204th St.)

Where is Sherman Creek, and who is the Sherman it was named after?  

(I'm guessing General William Tecumseh Sherman, who burned Atlanta to the ground and
scorched the earth from there to the sea at Savannah, crippling the Rebels in the
largest and bloodiest war in American history.)
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