Forest Lake, New Zealand
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For the locality in Kapiti Coast District, see Forest Lakes, Wellington.
Forest Lake is a suburb of Hamilton in New Zealand and was added to from around the 1930s. It is centred around Forest Lake Road, which is used by around 10,000 vehicles a day.[3]
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Forest Lake | |
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Coordinates: 37°46′26.42″S 175°15′20.86″E | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Hamilton, New Zealand |
Local authority | Hamilton City Council |
Electoral ward | West Ward |
Established | 1914 |
Area | |
• Land | 123 ha (304 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 2,680 |
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Te Rapa | St Andrews | |
Rotokauri |
Forest Lake
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Beerescourt |
Nawton | Maeroa | Whitiora |
For quite a long time there was swamp in a large part and this has now been drained but Lake Rotokaeo remains and the ground remains quite damp in parts.
Forest Lake is named after the forest that once surrounded Rotokaeo.[4]