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Affectionately known as \u201cthe Puddle,\u201d Lake Andrews and its environs are a campus and community attraction.
A typical day finds walkers doing circuits on the lakeside path (four times around is about a mile) as students hang out at the granite amphitheater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spring, the pond is a popular setting for local high school students and families to take prom and graduation photos. There\u2019s winter fun too: the annual Puddle Jump<\/a>, a Bates student tradition since 1975, is held during Winter Carnival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a place of respite and rejuvenation,\u201d said Jack Keigwin \u201959, who funded a major restoration of the area in 1998 that vastly improved the health and aesthetics of the pond while creating the Burgoyne Lakeside Walk and the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater near the Olin Arts Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pond\u2019s history dates to the early 1900s, when students created the college\u2019s first hockey rink by damming a small seasonal stream on the north side of campus. \u201cWe are assured of a sizable pond on our campus, suitable for skating in the winter and canoeing through the summer,\u201d reported The Bates Student<\/em> in December 1914.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his help with the rink, students named the pond in honor of Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings Delbert Andrews, Class of 1910.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1958, Bates excavated and landscaped the area, turning the informal Lake Andrews into a true campus pond. The 1998 restoration added aquatic and terrestrial buffer vegetation, including lots of bulrush, for erosion control and to help filter nutrients that can create algae blooms. See also Lake Andrews stewardship and use policies<\/a>. Indeed, Lake Andrews is a pond with a purpose. About a quarter of the college\u2019s 133 acres drain into the 2.13-acre body of water, and its storage capacity prevents campus runoff from overwhelming the city\u2019s drainage system during major rainstorms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false,"blocks":[{"blockName":"bates-campus-tour\/tour-meta","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"","innerContent":[]},{"blockName":null,"attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n\n","innerContent":["\n\n"]},{"blockName":"bates-campus-tour\/tour-images","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/columns","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/column","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"id":1932,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":"overhead-view-image"},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n

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Affectionately known as \u201cthe Puddle,\u201d Lake Andrews and its environs are a campus and community attraction.
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\u201cIt\u2019s a place of respite and rejuvenation,\u201d said Jack Keigwin \u201959, who funded a major restoration of the area in 1998 that vastly improved the health and aesthetics of the pond while creating the Burgoyne Lakeside Walk and the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater near the Olin Arts Center.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a place of respite and rejuvenation,\u201d said Jack Keigwin \u201959, who funded a major restoration of the area in 1998 that vastly improved the health and aesthetics of the pond while creating the Burgoyne Lakeside Walk and the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater near the Olin Arts Center.<\/p>\n"]},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n

The pond\u2019s history dates to the early 1900s, when students created the college\u2019s first hockey rink by damming a small seasonal stream on the north side of campus. \u201cWe are assured of a sizable pond on our campus, suitable for skating in the winter and canoeing through the summer,\u201d reported The Bates Student<\/em> in December 1914.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n

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In 1958, Bates excavated and landscaped the area, turning the informal Lake Andrews into a true campus pond. The 1998 restoration added aquatic and terrestrial buffer vegetation, including lots of bulrush, for erosion control and to help filter nutrients that can create algae blooms. See also Lake Andrews stewardship and use policies<\/a>. Indeed, Lake Andrews is a pond with a purpose. About a quarter of the college\u2019s 133 acres drain into the 2.13-acre body of water, and its storage capacity prevents campus runoff from overwhelming the city\u2019s drainage system during major rainstorms.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n

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