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1910 Map of Greenwood Lake

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Greenwood Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Greenwood Lake serves as the central focal point for this survey of the Highlands region along the border of New York and New Jersey. The landscape is defined by the early industrial activity of the iron district, where the Sterling Mountain Railroad connects the Sterling Furnace and numerous extraction sites like Peters Mine and Cannon Mine to the broader rail network. These mining operations are clustered around the high ridges of Bellvale Mountain and Bearfort Mountain, illustrating a period when the mineral wealth of the mountains dictated the placement of settlements and transit lines.

Down in the valleys, rural life centers on small villages and educational landmarks such as New Milford and the Acker School. The expansion of water infrastructure is evident through the presence of the Canistear Reservoir and Clinton Reservoir, which began to alter the natural drainage of Wawayanda Creek and the Pequannock River. This document records a transition from a strictly extractive economy toward the development of the woodland tracts near Sterling Forest.