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Newtown Hook, opposite Coxsackie. The wooded point is called Prospect Grove.
Stuyvesant. On the east side. Once called Kinderhook Landing.
Schodack Island. On east side, about two miles above Stuyvesant. The island is about 3 miles long.
New Baltimore. About opposite the centre of Schodack Island; fifteen miles from Hudson and fifteen from Albany. The Government dykes begin opposite New Baltimore.
Berren Island. Site of the famous "Castle of Rensselaerstien."
Coeymans. Right above Berren Island. Above Coeymans is what is known as the Coeyman's Cross Over.
Shad Island. The first island to the westward above Coeymans; 3 miles long; old Indian fishing ground.
Castleton, on east bank, in the town of Schodack.