NYCkayaker Sherman Creek. Was: (no subject)

[Erik Baard]

Sherman Creek was named for a family who settled the area in 1807:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/sherman_creek/booklet.pdf

I love it for the comb jellies, large owl, and marsh grasses.

Erik Baard
www.licboathouse.org
www.naturecalendar.com

On 1/15/08, TomBrooklyn <tombrook11232 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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Erik Baard

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