ROOM OVERVIEW
Montclair
Bathe yourself in natural light, the Montclair Suite is full of windows that look out to the lake. King bed, private bath with whirlpool tub. Named after Greenwood Lake’s largest passenger steamship, the Montclair ferried Manhattan’s elite from the train station to lakefront resorts in the early 1900s. $189-$209/night
WATERSTONE INN
Montclair Amenities
Second Floor
King Bed
Whirpool Tub
Air Conditioning
Private Bathroom
Free Coffee/Tea/Water
3-Course Breakfast
Bath Products
Kayaks/Canoes
Paddleboat
View of the Lake
Free WiFi
In-room Flat-screen TV
Beach Passes
Hair Dryer
2 Person Maximum
THE STORY BEHIND THE
Montclair
Greenwood Lake is nine miles long and stretches across the New York/New Jersey state line. The lake freezes over most winters providing many new types of recreation during the winter months. In the late 1800s, that ice was lucrative business and one that warranted a new train line to help cart the ice back to NYC. The trains eventually brought tourists, and tourists needed to be ferried across the lake on one of the many ferries that began operating on Greenwood Lake in the 1870s.
Historian Wilbur T. Christman wrote about this era in his book “Tales of Greenwood Lake.” The “Montclair,” nicknamed “Queen of the Lake,” was one of the largest steamboats on the lake. The “Montclair” started it’s life as a tugboat in the harbor of New York City, before being carted up on two flatbed train cars to Sterling Forest, where it was launched and refurbished on Greenwood Lake.
“Spent our first weekend as an engaged couple here. It will forever have a place in our hearts.“
AUTUMN & MICHAEL
“We could not have picked a better bed & breakfast for our weekend away from the city.”
DAMIEN & KUNUKO
