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Exploring the Hudson River: A Quiz on History and Geography

Test your knowledge about the Hudson River with this engaging quiz covering its history, geography, and significant events.

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1 The Delaware and Hudson Canal ended at the Hudson at Kingston, running southwest to the coal fields of northeastern ________.

2 GE began ________ operations to clean up the PCBs on May 15, 2009.

3 On January 15, 2009, ________ was ditched here due to multiple bird strikes.

4 The New Jersey Devils/New York Rangers hockey rivalry is known as the ________ because the Devils are based in Newark and the Rangers are based across the Hudson River in Manhattan.

5 The term also lives on in the names of a variety of facilities such as the North River piers, North River Tunnels, and the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant, and has strong historical ties with ________.

6 The canal enabled shipping between cities on the Great Lakes and ________ via the Atlantic Ocean.

7 In 1976 the ________ (NYSDEC) banned all fishing in the Upper Hudson due to health concerns with PCBs.

8 The rising sea levels after the retreat of the ________, the most recent ice age, have resulted in a marine incursion that drowned the coastal plain and brought salt water well above the mouth of the river.

9 In ________ an extension opened to Tahawus, the site of valuable iron and titanium mines.

10 The New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway began at Weehawken Terminal and ran up the west shore of the Hudson as a competitor to the merged ________.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • in 1767, Union Street first connected Poughkeepsie, New York, to the Hudson River.
  • due to a lack of freight crossings of the Hudson River, trains must take a 280-mile (450 km) detour, the Selkirk hurdle, to cross into New York City from the south or west.
  • the pump station built to supply Hudson River water to Albany, New York, is now home to a brewpub, planetarium and the city's visitor center.
  • the Map of Rensselaerswyck shows that Kiliaen van Rensselaer originally named areas around the upper Hudson River, near Fort Orange, after the women in his life.
  • the first child of European descent born along the Hudson River was born on Beeren Island near Albany, New York.
  • before restoring ferry service across the Hudson River between Newburgh and Beacon, NY Waterway had to strengthen the boat's hull so it could withstand river ice.
  • after Moses Collyer built his retirement home (pictured) in Chelsea, New York, he cowrote the definitive history of the sail era in Hudson River navigation.
  • John Champe, American Revolutionary rebel double-agent sent to capture Benedict Arnold, was spotted and chased from the landmark the Three Pigeons by fellow rebels, before diving into the Hudson.
  • Mike Davis envisioned making recreational boats available on the Hudson River in New York City after seeing how boats could be rented in Istanbul and rowed on the Bosporus.
  • Moodna Creek (pictured), a tributary of the Hudson, was originally known as "Murderers' Creek" after a family was massacred on its banks.
  • Wood's Monument at West Point was used as a navigational aide for ships passing down the Hudson River.
  • preservationists moved the Boscobel mansion 15 miles (24 km) up the Hudson River to save it.
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