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The lake was originally called "Quampium" by the [[Munsee]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] who lived there. It was renamed "Long Pond" by Europeans, who settled the area in the 18th century for farming and ironmaking, and eventually came to be re-christened "Greenwood Lake." |
The lake was originally called "Quampium" by the [[Munsee]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] who lived there. It was renamed "Long Pond" by Europeans, who settled the area in the 18th century for farming and ironmaking, and eventually came to be re-christened "Greenwood Lake." |
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It was dammed up ca. 1765 by Peter Hasenclever of The American Company to increase the size of the lake for [[Hydroelectricity|water power]] used downstream at the Long Pond Ironworks.<ref name=about>[http://www.greenwoodlakeny.org/about.htm History of Greenwood Lake], accessed November 25, 2006.</ref> The original dam was located even with is today's Fox Island, with most of the lake extending north of the state line. In 1837, the lake was again dammed, but at the location of the current dam, this time by the Morris Canal & Banking Company to supply water to the Pompton Feeder of the Morris Canal. The enlarged lake now flooded the Succor Brook at the northern end, forming the East Arm, surrounded "Lime Ridge" to create Chapel Island, and flooded the extreme southern end, including parts of Belcher Creek. |
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The enlarged lake began to attract tourists. The Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway reached the lake at Awosting around 1874, and the "State Line" (later [[Sterling Forest, New York|Sterling Forest]]) depot was established around 1876. (This railway later became the [[New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1878–1943)|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway]], and then the Greenwood Lake Division of the Erie Railway.) During its resort era, several [[steamboat]]s operated on the lake, including the Greenwood Lake Transportation Company's ''Arlington'', ''Milford'', and their side-wheeler, ''Montclair'', built in 1876, which had two decks and is reported to have been capable of carrying from 200 to 400 passengers.<ref name=about/> There were also other steamers that were privately run, such as the Pioneer and the Anita, and smaller steam launches, such as the Wilhemina, the Carrie T., and the Ferncliff, run by specific hotels. These steamboats met the trains and took passengers to the various resorts around the lake in both states. |
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There is a [[seaplane]] area on the lake, a few large [[marina]]s and lakeside [[restaurant]]s with [[Dock (maritime)|dock]]s. [[Greenwood Lake Airport]] just south of the lake has a runway long enough to handle small [[Jet aircraft|jets]]. |
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There are numerous marinas and restaurants along Greenwood Lake. |
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In 2011, the film "The Magic of Bell Isle" starring Morgan Freeman was filmed along the lake. |
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== Works about the lake == |
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{{See|Jasper Francis Cropsey}} |
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Jasper Francis Cropsey created several paintings of Greenwood Lake beginning in 1843. Cropsey painted many paintings of the area such as ''American Harvesting'' (1864), ''Greenwood Lake'' (1870), ''Fisherman's House, Greenwood Lake'' (1877), and Cooley Homestead–Greenwood Lake (1886). Cropsey met and married Maria Cooley, daughter of Issac P. Cooley, in 1847 so continued to visit the area for many years.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=A66i-tU4l30C&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Porch%22:+American+Paradise:+The+World+of+the+Hudson+River+School.+New+York:+Harry+N.+Abrams,+Inc.,+1987&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjetvSN4vnVAhXkz4MKHc8zBp0Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School'']: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y. -1987) pp, 202- Retrieved 2017-08-28</ref> |
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Image:Jasper Francis Cropsey - Greenwood Lake.jpg|''Greenwood Lake'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen/ficha_obra/351|title=Museo Thyssen Bornemisza|first=Museo Thyssen|last=Bornemisza|publisher=|accessdate=21 November 2016}}</ref> [[Jasper Francis Cropsey]], 1870. |
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Image:JasperCropseyFishermansHouseGreenwoodLake.jpg|''Fisherman's House, Greenwood Lake'' (New Jersey), Jasper Francis Crospey, 1877. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://greenwoodlake.wordpress.com Official on-line news blog for the Village of Greenwood Lake] |
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* [http://www.villageofgreenwoodlake.org Village website] |
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* [http://www.greenwoodlakeny.org/about.htm "History of Greenwood Lake", Steve Gross] |
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[[Category:Reservoirs in Orange County, New York]] |
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[[Category:Lakes of Passaic County, New Jersey]] |
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[[Category:Reservoirs in New Jersey]] |
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[[Category:Reservoirs in New York (state)]] |
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[[Category:Warwick, New York]] |
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[[Category:West Milford, New Jersey]] |
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Revision as of 17:37, 2 October 2017
| Greenwood Lake | |
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| Location | Orange County, New York / Passaic County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 41°10′46″N 74°19′48″W / 41.179461°N 74.329977°W |
| Type | reservoir, natural lake |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 1,920 acres (7.8 km2) |
| Surface elevation | 623 ft (190 m)[1] |
| Islands | Fox Island (a.k.a. Pine Island), Storms Island, Chapel Island |
| References | [1] |
Greenwood Lake is an interstate lake approximately seven miles (12 km) long, straddling the border of New York and New Jersey. It is located in Greenwood Lake, New York (in Orange County) and West Milford, New Jersey (in Passaic County).
The lake was originally called "Quampium" by the Munsee Native Americans who lived there. It was renamed "Long Pond" by Europeans, who settled the area in the 18th century for farming and ironmaking, and eventually came to be re-christened "Greenwood Lake."
Christian is so happy that he is gay. I love ribs and i take it in the ear.