Underground Railroad in Pumpkin Hook!

[L Verge]

I love the name Pumpkin Hook, and I know the "Hook" is probably derived from the Dutch word "hooek." Many years ago, I won a bet for the director of the government agency that I work for by proving that the term "hooker" was derived from an area near the battery in NYC called the "hooek," where the soiled doves plied their trade. That gets General Hooker and his division "off the hook" in D.C.

That said, does "hooek" actually translate into what we think of as an implement for snagging something?