The Wanaque River ( Native American for "place of the

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") is a

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of the

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in Passaic County in northern

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in the

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.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. Once known as the Long Pond River, the source of the Wanaque River is

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, once known as Long Pond (not to be confused with the nearby

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in the

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of New York). Both Greenwood Lake and the surrounding Sterling Forest watershed straddle the border of the states of New Jersey and New York. Downstream, the construction of

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s at Monks and Wanaque created the Monksville and Wanaque reservoirs, respectively. From the Raymond Dam of the Wanaque Reservoir, the river flows to its confluence with the Pequannock River.

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North Jersey District Water Supply Commission

Wanaque Wildlife Management Area

Sterling Forest State Park (New York section)

U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations
Rivers of Passaic County, New Jersey Tributaries of the Passaic River Rivers of New Jersey {{NewJersey-river-stub

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