A Beautiful Man-Made Lake

Foy's Lake

The lake I am going to describe is Foy's Lake. It is situated in Khulshi near Pahartali Railway Station of the seaport Chittagong of Bangladesh. Chittagong is the second largest town in Bangladesh. It is considered by many as the most beautiful district of the country due to its natural beauty comprising of the seaside, hills, rivers, forests and valleys. It is renowned as a Queen of the Eastern.
Chittagong is also called Commercial Capital of Bangladesh. It is located in southeastern Bangladesh on the banks of the river of fairy tale named Karnaphuli. Which flows into the Bay of Bengal being born from Lushay hill.


Foy's Lake is a man-made lake that playful of natural beauty in the Chittagong. Surrounded by scenic forests and hills, it is a very charming recreation place which easily attracts lot of tourists, both local and international. It is fairly big in size and it's water is very clean. The magnificence of this lake that, the lake generously has combined with green natures being zigzag. Really! that is too nice to look. As it were, a beautiful charming environment continually manifests as noiseless as a picture. Suffice it to say, Foy's Lake is as illusive as a dream.

Foy's Lake was created in 1924 by erecting a dam across a narrow valley that came down from one hill to another. The British Railway engineer of the Asam-Bengal Railway Company materialized the lake to serve as a water reservoir for the residents of Chittagong area. It was named after the British engineer Mr. Foy.

I first visited the lake about fifteen years ago. The area was not such develop then. The roads were in need of repair. There was also a shortage of good quality hotels. Now a days the scene has changed to a great extent. Now there are good communications. Also many good quality hotels, first food, departmental stores, motor workshops and variant kind of shops are available in the area. Almost all of them are in good condition.   

Board-ride on the lake

 I was spellbound when I first saw the lake. It is very superb and blissful to have a boat-ride on the lake. Then various kinds of flowers on trees and the sweet melody of different kinds of birds give delight to visitors very much. Now and then the one or two beautiful spot deer are seen on the verge of the lake. Really amazing it! I like the lake for it's natural beauty. In fact, the experience that I have acquired through visiting the place will remain ever fresh in my mind. At least once I visit the lake every year.