Foy's Lake is a man-made Lake in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
It was created in 1924 by constructing a dam across the stream that
came down from the hills in the northern part of Chittagong. The purpose
of creating an artificial lake was to provide water to the residence of
railway colony. It was named after Mr Foy who was a Railway engineer
and believed to materialized the project. Pahartali was basically a
railway town with workshop, yard and shed. A good number of railway
employees lives there. Presently, a carriage workshop, diesel workshop,
loco shed, laboratory, stores, electric workshop, school (established in
1924) are located.
The area belongs to Railway. However, an amusement park, managed by the Concord group, is located here. It is very beautiful place in foys lake. Every day may visitors from Home and abroad visits in Foys Lake to see the beauty of Foys Lake.
