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Dug from humble wasteland by the Waihi Gold Mining Company in the late 1980’s, Lake Gilmour may have started life as an ugly duckling, but it has since grown into a surprisingly attractive swan.

When gold mining in Waihi clunked to a standstill in 1952, dewatering also ceased and the groundwater returned to its original pre-mining level. As a result the collapsed ‘Milking Cow’ workings at the eastern end of Pukewa (Martha hill) filled with water creating a small lake, known as Mine Lake.

Remembered by some as a dreary lake with gloomy dark water surrounded by bush and old mine workings, Mine Lake was a popular public space nevertheless, not to mention home to a large number of waterfowl and ducks.

Therefore, when gold mining cranked into gear once more in the late 1980’s, the Gold Mining Company at the time (Waihi Gold Mining) created a new lake (okay, large pond) near the Ohinemuri River in compensation for the inevitable loss of the one at Pukewa.

Since 2000, work on the Lake Gilmour Reserve (named after Waihi Mayor, Thomas Gilmour) has included a paved lakeside walkway, public toilets, and a wooden stage for community events and concerts. Waihi Rotary Club has also built a wetland boardwalk, Forest and Bird has planted trees, and in 2006.