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The 3.8-kilometre (2.4 mi) scenic path around the lake makes it a suitable venue for walking and running. The
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Rukuhia bog to the west and south then expanded and deepened as net precipitation increased as climate became warmer and wetter in the region, lifting regional water tables. The peat then encroached on to the alluvial dam holding in the two shallow lakes, forming a second
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Green, J.D. and Lowe, D.J. 1994. Origins and development. In: Clayton, J.S.; de Winton, M.D. (eds) “Lake
Rotoroa: Change in an Urban Lake”. National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ecosystems Publication 9,
278:, New Zealand. It has a surface area of about 54 hectares (133 acres) and an average depth of 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in). It is the home of the Hamilton Yacht Club, which holds regular sailing in the summer.
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Hamilton Basin and South Waikato: Field notes. School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton. 36 pp. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36071.39845
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Innes Common, to the west, is 28 hectares (68 acres) of former wetland, bought by the Domain Board to protect the lake and drained some time after 1883. It was named after the Innes family from 1956.
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Lowe, D.J. 2014. How the lake was formed: influence of the ancestral
Waikato River. In: Taylor, J. “Hamilton Lake – City Playground”. Published by Jeff Taylor, Hamilton, pp. 6–13.
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with the occasional
Frostbite still to be seen. It also holds a Learn to Sail programme and has regular racing on Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoons during the summer
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On 26 August 2021, the official dual name of the lake was standardised as Lake
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McCraw, J.D. 2011. The Wandering River. Landforms and geological history of the Hamilton Basin. GSNZ Guidebook 16. Geosciences Society of New Zealand. 88pp.
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