Minetta Creek was one of the largest natural watercourses in Manhattan, New York City, United States. Minetta Creek was fed from two tributaries, one originating at Fifth Avenue and 21st Street, and the other originating at Sixth Avenue and 16th Street. They joined near Fifth Avenue and 11th Street then took a southwesterly course. Minetta Creek's name is thought to have originated from either the Native American term "Manette", meaning "Devil's Water", or the Dutch word "Minnetje", meaning "the little one".
Plaque on the building at Two Fifth Avenue in honor of Minetta Creek
View of Minetta Street, which is built over the creek. This view looks south at the unusual curve caused by the creek's path
Street view of 45 West 12th Street (left), whose eastern wall overlaps 43 West 12th Street (right), a result of the former building constructed on the bank of Minetta Creek
Egbert Ludovicus Viele, a nineteenth-century expert on Minetta Creek
Manitou, akin to the Haudenosaunee orenda, is the spiritual and fundamental paper strawlife force among Algonquian groups in the Native American theology. It is omnipresent and manifests everywhere: organisms, the environment, events, etc. Aashaa monetoo means "good spirit," while otshee monetoo means "bad spirit." When the world was created, the Great Spirit, Aasha Monetoo, gave the land to the indigenous peoples, the Shawnee in particular.
Petroforms in Whiteshell Provincial Park
Manitoulin Island
