This article is about the geographic region. For other uses, see Minisink (disambiguation).
Fog surrounds cliffs looming over the Delaware River whose valley is the core of the historic Minisink region, July 2007
The Minisink or (more recently) Minisink Valley is a loosely defined geographic region of the Upper Delaware River valley in northwestern New Jersey (Sussex and Warren counties), northeastern Pennsylvania (Pike and Monroe counties) and New York (Orange and Sullivan counties).
The name was derived by Dutch colonists from the Munsee name for the area, as bands of their people took names after geographic places which they inhabited as territory throughout the mid-Atlantic area. Originally inhabited by Munsee, the northern branch of the Lenape or Delaware Indians, the area's first European settlers arrived in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and were Dutch and French Huguenot families from colonial New York's Hudson River Valley. The term "Minisink" is not used often today. It is preserved because of its historical relevance concerning the early European settlement of the region during the American colonial period and as an artifact of the early "first contact" between Native Americans and early European explorers, traders and missionaries in the seventeenth century.
Much of the historical Minisink region has been incorporated into the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area after defeat of a controversial dam project proposed to be built by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Delaware River near Tocks Island.
The Minisink or (more recently) Minisink Valley is a loosely defined geographic region of the Upper Delaware River valley in northwestern New Jersey (Sussex...
The Battle of Minisink took place during the American Revolutionary War at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779. It was the only major skirmish of...
numerous waterfalls and historic sites. The region, known historically as the Minisink, was inhabited by the Munsee at the time of Dutch and French Huguenot colonization...
Minisink Valley High School is a secondary school located in Slate Hill, New York. It contains an enrollment of over 1100 students. The school, part of...
The Minisink Valley Central School District is a unified school district in Orange County, New York. The district consists of five schools; an elementary...
The Minisink Angle was an angle created in a patent boundary during the 18th century, mostly within the present borders of Orange and Ulster counties in...
Minisink Archeological Site, also known as Minisink Historic District, is an archeological site of 1320 acres located in both Sussex County, New Jersey...
at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Dolson played volleyball and basketball at Minisink Valley High School in Slate Hill, New York and was a member of the National...
Historically, they lived along the upper portion of the Delaware River, the Minisink, and the adjacent country in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. They...
trough. At this point, the Walpack Ridge deflects the Delaware into the Minisink Valley, where it follows the southwest strike of the eroded Marcellus Formation...
Pennsylvania), and hundreds of Shawnee who intended to relocate in the Minisink country on the upper Delaware River. In 1729, Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros...
and one of the top players in the 2022 class. Filipowski first attended Minisink Valley High School in Slate Hill, New York. He transferred after his freshman...
Dakota), Milanville-Skinners Falls Bridge (New York and Pennsylvania), Minisink Archeological Site (New Jersey and Pennsylvania), Mississippi River Bridge...
the village of Unionville at the New Jersey state line in the town of Minisink, where it connects to that state's Route 284. From Unionville, the route...
bridge spanning the Delaware River between Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, and Minisink Ford, New York This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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