1943 Map of Greenwood Lake

About this map

The iron mining and processing heritage of the Highlands is clearly visible in this wartime survey, showing the Ringwood Iron Plant Mine and nearby Sterling Furnace. These industrial sites, alongside the Iron Plant near Lakeville, anchor a landscape where extraction met the growing recreational demands of the early 1940s. The elongated Greenwood Lake serves as the central focal point, straddling the border between New York and New Jersey, with the Greenwood Lake Water Supply infrastructure located at its northern tip. Dense residential and civic life is concentrated in pockets such as Warwick and West Milford, where local institutions like West Milford TWS School #4 and the Church of the Good Shepherd provided essential community services. The presence of the Erie Ringwood Branch railroad highlights the critical transportation network required to move heavy ore and passengers through the gaps between Bellvale Mountain and Bearfort Mountain.