Rockland Lake State Park Winter once turned Rockland Lake into the center of one of New York’s most important industries. For ...

See scenes from the Knickerbocker Ice Festival, returning after a decade-plus hiatus, at Rockland Lake in Rockland County, NY.

The Knickerbocker Ice Co. cut the ice from spring-fed Rockland Lake. The company used a gravity-powered incline railway — so innovative that Thomas Edison made documentary films about the industry and ...

The event, slated for Jan. 24 and 25, showcases the history Rockland County's ice industry, which kept the world chilled before modern refrigeration.

Timothy Englert, co-founder of the Knickerbocker Ice Festival, talks about the Jan. 24 and 25, 2026 event at Rockland Lake. Tania Savayan/lohud ...