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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
Wanaque Borough's biggest industry is the HERCULES WOVEN LABEL
MILL, occupying a long, low, gray frame building at 6.1 miles. (L).
The road rises to cross the Erie R.R. tracks at 6.8 m., where for a brief
moment the mountain-rimmed reservoir is seen. At this point is the junction with a macadam road.
Left on this road, across and around the reservoir, to the junction with a dirt
road, 2 miles.; L. on this road and up a winding course through wildly beautiful
mountain country to NATURE FRIENDS' CAMP (open all year), 3 miles. It is run on a
non-profit basis by the Nature Friends' Society, a labor organization, and is modeled
after the numerous country resorts conducted by trade unions in Germany up until
severaI years ago. The camp has many rustic bungalows, tennis courts, and a 400-foot open swimming pool. Frequented by trade unionists of all nationalities from
nearby industrial towns of Paterson and Passaic, it is especially popular with
Americans of German origin.
The road turns R. at the Erie R.R. tracks into a rural district where the
reservoir is hidden from view by thick woods (L). Adjoining a refreshment stand and country store at 7.2 miles. is a small frame ICE HOUSE (R)
with a whitewashed advertisement on its brown front stating, simply, "Ice.
Glory to Jesus." The proprietor of the establishment is a religious man
who has seized the opportunity to broadcast his business and his faith at
the same time. Seventy-two years old (1938), Mr. Rednor is also the
driver of the school bus at Lake Erskine.
The reservoir reappears at 7.5 miles. (L), where the Erie R.R. runs across
it in a deep cove reminding visitors of the newsreel shot of a flood-imperiled trestle. Dominating the highway are steep rock embankments
(R); green pine nurseries at their foot hold water for the big dam. Mountains, shaggy with pines, rise from behind the near hills, and small cedar-covered islands are reflected in the clear lake surface. Planted along the
reservoir bank, within a wire fence, are clumps of young Norway spruce.
At 10.3 miles., at a junction, the route leads R. away from the main reservoir, but paralleling a northern arm.
At 12.2 miles. is the junction (L) with a macadam road.
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