Mohawk¹

 

river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in central New York and flowing S then SE past Utica and Schenectady to enter the Hudson River at Cohoes. The Mohawk is canalized from Rome to its mouth (completed 1918) as part of the New York State Canal System's rebuilt Erie Canal, which links the Hudson River with the Great Lakes; it is mainly used by leisure craft. Rapids and small waterfalls are found at Little Falls and Oriskany, near Cohoes, and on many tributaries. Pollution from industries and municipal raw sewage was the focus of cleanup efforts under the Clean Waters Program of 1965.

The beautiful and fertile Mohawk valley, named for its Native American inhabitants, was the scene of many battles and raids in the French and Indian Wars and in the American Revolution. The valley served as the sole route (see Mohawk Trail) for westward-bound pioneers to cross the Appalachian Mts. The Erie Canal, N.Y. Central RR, and N.Y. State Thruway were built along the river's course.

Mohawk may refer to:

• Mohawk nation, an indigenous people of North America (Canada and New York)
• Mohawk language, the language spoken by the Mohawk people
• Mohawk people (Oregon), a Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Oregon
• Mohawk hairstyle, from a hairstyle once thought to have been traditionally worn by the Mohawk tribe

In geography:

• Communities:
  • Mohawk, Herkimer County, New York
  • Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York
  • Mohawk, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Oregon
  • Mohawk, Tennessee
• Rivers:
  • Mohawk River, a river in New York State, USA, a tributary of the Hudson River
  • Mohawk River (New Hampshire), a river in New Hampshire, USA, a tributary of the Connecticut River
  • Mohawk River (Oregon), a river in Oregon, USA, a tributary to the McKenzie River

Other:

• Mohawk Area School District school system in Pennsylvania
• Mohawk turn in figure skating
• "Mohocks", an early-eighteenth century London gang
• NYC Mohawk, the 4-8-2 steam locomotive wheel arrangement
• Mohawk (GTW), the name of passenger trains
• HMS Mohawk (F125), a Royal Navy warship
• Mohawk Airlines
• Mohawk Gasoline, a gasoline station company in Canada owned by Husky Energy
• Mohawk College, a college in Hamilton, Ontario
• Mohawk Raceway in Campbellville, Ontario
• Grumman OV-1 Mohawk military observation aircraft.
• Mohawk Dutch

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