Lake Alexander is a man-made

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named in honour of Alec Fong Lim who was Lord Mayor of Darwin from 1984 to 1990. The lake is located in

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, Australia and was officially opened on the 21 July 1991 for recreational use by the people of Darwin. The water in the lake is refreshed with pumps bringing water from the adjoining harbour through filters intended to prevent marine organisms from entering. This system has succeeded in keeping large predators such as saltwater crocodiles and bull sharks, and the deadly box jellyfish. However the lake has been closed to swimming twice, once due to a large Orange-spotted grouper and once due to an outbreak of a stinging species of Cassiopea jelly fish.

Photographs

image:Welcome Lake Alexander.jpg, Welcome to Lake Alexander image:Alec_Fong-Lim_plaque.jpg, Brass plaque Image:Darwin_Lake_Alexander.jpg, Sunset

References

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

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