Lake Hood

This article is about a lake in New Zealand. For the lake in Anchorage, Alaska, see Lake Hood Seaplane Base.

Lake Hood
Lake Hood in 2012
Location	Canterbury, South Island
Coordinates	43°58′04″S 171°46′18″E / 43.9678°S 171.7716°E / -43.9678; 171.7716Coordinates: 43°58′04″S 171°46′18″E / 43.9678°S 171.7716°E / -43.9678; 171.7716
Type	artificial lake
Basin countries	New Zealand

Max. length	2.3 km
Max. width	1 km
Surface area	80 hectares (0.80 km²)

Lake Hood is a man-made recreational lake, located 6 km south-east of Tinwald in the locality of Huntingdon, Canterbury, New Zealand. It was opened in 2001 by the Right Honourable Jenny Shipley. It is 2.3 km long by 1 km wide and is more than 80 hectares (0.80 km²) in area. It features an eight lane rowing course and separate waterskiing and jet skiing areas, and is home to Water Ski Lake Hood.^[1] It is increasing in popularity for rowing, as it is not as susceptible to wind as the main South Island rowing venue, Lake Ruataniwha.^[2]

A substantial housing subdivision, serving as a satellite suburb of Ashburton has been built surrounding the lake.

References

↑ "Water skiers set for big contests". Ashburton Guardian. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
↑ "Lake Hood overrun with college rowing crews". Ashburton Guardian. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

External links

"The Lake". Retrieved 2007-02-07.
"Experience Mid Canterbury - Lake Hood". Retrieved 2012-04-16.

Towns of the Ashburton District, Canterbury, New Zealand

Major Towns	Ashburton Methven Rakaia Tinwald

Other Towns	Chertsey Ealing Fairton Hinds Lake Clearwater Lake Hood Mayfield Mount Somers Winslow

Localities	Acton Alford Forest Anama Ashburton Forks Ashburton Gorge Ashton Barhill Buccleuch Bushside Cairnbrae Carew Cavendish Coldstream Dorie Dromore Eiffelton Elgin Erewhon Flemington Greenstreet Hackthorne Hakatere (Gorge River mouth) Hatfield Highbank Huntingdon Kyle Lagmhor Lauriston Lismore Longbeach Lowcliffe Lyndhurst Lynnford Marawiti Maronan Mitcham Montalto Mount Hutt Mount Possession Newland Overdale Pendarves Punawai Rokeby Ruapuna Seafield Sherwood Somerton Springburn Staveley Urrall Valetta Wakanui Waterton Westerfield Wheatstone Willowby Winchmore Windermere

Ashburton River / Hakatere

Source: Southern Alps (Arrowsmith Range) (south), Canterbury Foothills (Palmer Range) (north) Flows into: Canterbury Bight

Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Ashburton District

Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Lake Clearwater Mount Somers Ashburton Forks Ashburton Tinwald Huntingdon/Lake Hood Wheatstone Hakatere

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Stour River Bowyers Stream

Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Clearwater Lake Camp Lake Emma Maori Lakes Lake Hood

Other features (upstream to downstream)	Ashburton Gorge

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitikei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau (Southland) 8: Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Oreti

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