Lake Barrington (Tasmania)
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| name = Lake Barrington
| image = Lake Barrington racing.jpg
| caption = Dragonboating on Lake Barrington
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| location = Northern Tasmania
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| type = Reservoir
| date-built = 1969
| inflow = Forth River
| outflow = Forth River
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Lake Barrington is an artificial lake in northern Tasmania, located {{convert|40|km}} south of Devonport. The lake is {{convert|20|km}} long and was built on the Forth River in 1969 to provide a head of water for the Devils Gate Power Station. The foreshore is protected by the Tasmanian Government as a nature recreation area.{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6592 |title=Lake Barrington |work=Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania |page=1 |access-date=19 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402180137/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6592 |archive-date=2 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Recreation activities
=Rowing=
Lake Barrington is the site of a world-standard rowing course. It hosted the 1990 World Rowing Championships and several Australian Rowing Championships, and hosts the annual Tasmanian schools Head of the River rowing regatta.
Lake Barrington hosted the Australian Championships in 1984Australian national and interstate amateur rowing and sculling championships, Lake Barrington, Tasmania, 28 March – 1 April 1984: conducted by the Tasmanian Rowing Council Inc. under the rules of the Australian Rowing Council Inc as A.P.P.M. King's Cup and National Rowing Regatta.
1987,1987 Cadbury Kings Cup and National Rowing Championships: Lake Barrington International, Tasmania 1–5 April, Tasmania : Tasmanian Rowing Council 1987, 1990Winter, Ian (1990) Blades down under: the official record of the world rowing championships 1990, Lake Barrington, Tasmania, Australia Tasmania : Amherst Educational in association with Key Publications, {{ISBN|0-646-03288-7}}Hagan, J. and Patterson, Ed (1991) Oars aweigh: assessing the impact of the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Tasmania. Hobart, Tas. Dept. of Tourism, Sport and Recreation, prepared under the auspices of the Australian Sport and Recreation Facilities Advisory Committee (AUSFAC)" 1994, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2021.
=Water Skiing=
There are two water ski clubs based at Lake Barrington: Kentish Aquatic Club and Horsehead Water Ski Club.{{Cite web |date=June 2014 |title=Kentish Park and Lake Barrington Park Master Concept Plan. |url=https://www.kentish.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/152949/Kentish-Park-and-Lake-Barrington-Park-Draft-Master-Concept-Plan.pdf |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=kentish.tas.gov.au}}
See also
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