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Halsey Island

USA / New Jersey / Mount Arlington /

Halsey Island, private, no ferry service. Lakefront houses with some sandy beaches surround a wooded interior.

This island has a ring of development around some to all of the shorline. The interior is probably solid forest and might be uncut. However, I read that all of its hemlocks were recently killed by Hemlock Wooly Adelgids. Yet, as the accompanying photo seemed to indicate a roughly 60% hardwood component, there may still be many large old living trees left. I read that the hemlocks had been up to around 300 hundred years old and over 100' tall.

Photo c. 1900.
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Coordinates:   40°57'19"N   74°37'54"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago