1903 Map of Greenwood Lake

About this map

Greenwood Lake bisects the border of New York and New Jersey in this early twentieth-century survey, a landscape defined by industrial extraction and complex topography. The region's iron-working heritage is visible through numerous workings such as Sterling Furnace and the clustered Dayton Mines, Green Mines, and Ringwood Mine. These operations were supported by a specialized rail network, including the Sterling Mountain Railroad and the Ringwood Branch Erie Railroad, which navigated the gaps between Wawayanda Mountain and Bearfort Mountain. High-altitude water bodies like Wawayanda Lake and Sterling Lake are surrounded by scattered settlements such as Newfoundland, Upper Macopin, and West Milford. The map details a period when the natural resource economy of the Highlands was in full operation, before the shift toward modern conservation and recreation.