Lake Barrington (Tasmanien)
Vorlage:Infobox lake Lake Barrington is an artificial lake in northern Tasmania, 40 km south of Devonport. It is 20 km long[1]
Creation
It was built on the Forth River in 1969 to provide a head of water for the Devils Gate Power Station.[2] The foreshore is protected by the state government as a nature recreation area[3]
Rowing
Lake Barrington is the site of a world-standard rowing course. It hosted the 1990 World Rowing Championships and hosts the annual Tasmanian schools Head of the River rowing regatta and has hosted several Australian Rowing Championships.
Lake Barrington has hosted the Australian Championships in 1984 [4] 1987 [5], 1987, 1990 [6][7] 1994, 1997, 2003, 2006, and 2009. The next Australian Championships at Lake Barrington will be in 2014.Vorlage:Citation needed
==References== {{reflist}} {{Rowing World Championship Venues}} [[Category:Reservoirs and dams in Australia|Barrington]] [[Category:Lakes of Tasmania|Barrington]] [[Category:Protected areas of Tasmania]] [[Category:Rowing in Australia]] [[Category:Rowing venues|Barrington]] {{Tasmania-geo-stub}} [[fr:Lac Barrington (Australie)]] [[it:Lake Barrington]]
- ↑ Lake Barrington, Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania page one
- ↑ Lake Barrington, Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania page one
- ↑ Lake Barrington State Recreation Area is set in 183 hectares of the lake’s foreshore.Lake Barrington, Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania page one
- ↑ Australian 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 Cadbury Kings Cup and National Rowing Championships: Lake Barrington International, Tasmania 1-5 April, Tasmania : Tasmanian Rowing Council
- ↑ Winter, 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 0646032887
- ↑ 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)"