The Tioughnioga River ( / t aɪ . ə ˈ n oʊ ɡ ə / ) is a 34.2-mile-long (55.0 km) tributary of the Chenango River in central New York in the United States . It drains a dissected plateau area east of the Finger Lakes at the northernmost edge of the watershed of the Susquehanna River .
10-788: The Otselic River (aht-SEEL-ik), formerly known as Otselic Creek, is a 55.4-mile-long (89.2 km) tributary of the Tioughnioga River in central New York in the United States. It drains a hilly area, mostly forested and agricultural, east of the Finger Lakes at the northern edge of the Susquehanna River watershed. Originally the Otselic Creek began at Hatch Lake in the Town of Eaton. When Hatch Lake
20-458: A lake. For a period of time the retreating of the front by melting matched the forward movement of the glacier, so that the captured rock , gravel and sand was deposited into the lake. This huge quantity of material approximately half filled the valley, and reversed the flow direction to the southward. It left enormous quantities of gravel from Tully to Cortland, some of which was used as building material for Interstate 81 . The gravel also forms
30-506: A major aquifer for the area. Tully Lake is a glacial kettle , being formed by a large chunk of ice that was buried in the glacial debris. As the ice melted the land collapsed, causing a lake to form. The East (main) Branch, 21.4 miles (34.4 km) long, rises in northeastern Cortland County at the confluence of Tioughnioga Creek and the West Branch Tioughnioga Creek. The East Branch flows southwest, receiving
40-598: Is impounded to form Whitney Point Reservoir . Below the Whitney Point Dam, the Otselic River joins the Tioughnioga River from the northeast. Formerly, several "mill ditches" diverted the river water to mills in the town of Otselic. One such present diversion is a dam above the hamlet of South Otselic which originally supplied a mill in the hamlet of South Otselic and later was piped to supply
50-654: Is situated partly in the town of Chenango and partly in the town of Barker . Chenango Forks is approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of Binghamton on Route 12 and is at the confluence of the Chenango and Tioughnioga rivers . Chenango Valley State Park is southwest of the hamlet. Chenango Forks is a few miles from the border of Chenango County . Chenango Forks is part of the Greater Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area . The Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107
60-686: The Susquehanna River. Tioughnioga River The name comes from a native word for "forks of the river" or "meeting of waters". The river was also called "Tiohujodha" by the Moravian Indians . At one time it was called the Onondaga, as leading to that town, and Teyoghagoga was another early form. It rises in two branches in upstate New York southeast of the city of Syracuse , with the East Branch sometimes regarded as
70-657: The West Branch at Cortland . The Tioughnioga River then flows south-southeast, receiving the Otselic River from the northeast at Whitney Point . It joins the Chenango from the northwest at Chenango Forks , approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Binghamton . Chenango Forks, New York Chenango Forks is a hamlet located in Broome County , New York , United States. The community
80-537: The main branch. The West Branch, 15.6 miles (25.1 km) long, issues from Tully Lake , approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of Tully on the Onondaga - Cortland county line, and flows south. The Tully Valley is a preglacial valley of a northward flowing river that flowed into the Ontarian River (preglacial Lake Ontario ). Near Tully, during the glacial retreat, the valley was dammed by ice to form
90-475: The present New York State South Otselic Fish Hatchery. The Otselic River holds both native brook trout and stocked brown trout in the upper reaches and warmer water species such as smallmouth bass , walleyes and northern pike in the lower southern sections. Before the Otselic River was dammed in 1942 to form the Whitney Point Reservoir, eels and shad migrated up the Otselic River from
100-608: Was dammed in the 1830s to supply the Chenango Canal, all the lake water was diverted to the Chenango Valley to the east. The Otselic River now rises in Torpy Pond in southwestern Madison County , northeast of Georgetown , and meanders southwest through rich river bottom farmland. The Otselic Valley runs through Georgetown, Otselic , Pitcher , Cincinnatus , Willet , Lisle , and Whitney Point , where it
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