| Lake Elizabeth | |
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| Lake Elizabeth, with reeds in the foreground and mountains in the background. | |
| Location | Fremont, California |
Lake Elizabeth, located in Fremont, California, is a man made 83-acre (34 ha) lake.[1] When at average capacity, water rises to a depth of about seven feet.[2]
Lake Elizabeth was named when it and the surrounding Central Park were dedicated to Fremont's sister city, Elizabeth, South Australia. Central Park and the lake are visited by hundreds of people every day, and the lake is commonly used for boating and other recreational activities. The park is home to a large number of birds such as American Coots, Mallards, Gulls, and also some very unusual who live near the small forest on the northern side of the park or on the small island (often called Duck Island), inaccessible to visitors, in the center of the lake. Many people come to bicycle or jog around the lake's perimeter, and many families come for the two playgrounds in the park and the other three that it connects to by walkway.[3][4][5]
BART is tunneling under the lake for the Warm Springs/San Jose BART extension.