Greenwood Lake

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."

It was dammed up ca. 1765 by Peter Hasenclever of The American Company to increase the size of the lake for water power used downstream at the Long Pond Ironworks. 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.

Greenwood Lake (Lake County, Minnesota)

Greenwood Lake is a lake in Lake County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Greenwood Lake was named for George C. Greenwood, a pioneer merchant.

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Coordinates: 47°31′N 91°38′W / 47.517°N 91.633°W / 47.517; -91.633

Greenwood Lake (Nova Scotia)

Greenwood Lake is a lake of Guysborough District, in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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