page_title: Lake Leake, Tasmania
section_title: Features and location
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Leake, Tasmania / Features and location
caption_attribution_description: English: photo of Lake Yaleena near Lake Leake Tasmania
context_page_description: Lake Leake is the name of both a man-made water storage reservoir and a small township in the eastern midlands of Tasmania. The lake can hold 22.076 gigalitres of water. The lake was named after Charles Henry Leake a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. At the 2006 census, Lake Leake had a population of 176.
context_section_description: The lake is used for recreational fishing, for brook trout, brown trout and rainbow trout.
  The village is built on land owned by the Northern Midlands Council.  Inhabitants must purchase a license to have a building there are restricted in the number of days per year they can live there.  The main purpose is to accommodate recreational anglers.
  Water flowing out from the lake has an electrical conductivity of 56 μS/cm.
  Rawlinna is a locality located between the south side of the lake and Lake Yaleena, another water impoundment. Lake Yaleena is a privately built dammed lake, specifically for fishing. It is a business that includes accommodation in cabins.
caption: Lake Yaleena, south of Lake Leake
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