page_title: Lake Rotoma
section_title: Establishments
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Rotoma / History / Establishments
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing by Nicola Spijkerbosch, 2011. Drawn from a photograph of the Rotoma Tearooms and Post Office, taken in 1900s. The Post Office was opened in 1908. This building later became the Kettle Store and Tearooms (1948 onwards)
context_page_description: Lake Rotoma is the fourth largest lake of the 11 lakes in the Rotorua Lakes district, or the Hot Lakes district as it was known in the early decades of the 20th century. The Rotorua lakes are located in New Zealand's North Island in the Bay of Plenty Region. Lake Rotoma is the easternmost in the chain of three lakes to the northeast of Lake Rotorua The other two are Lake Rotoiti and Lake Rotoehu. Rotoma is located halfway between the city of Rotorua and town of Whakatane.
  Lake Rotoma has a high water quality with visibility up to around 13 metres deep. The lake has a maximum depth of 83 metres in the northern part and 73.5 metres in the southern part.
context_section_description: Various establishments have come and gone at Rotoma, and most were set up to service the passing traveller's desire for rest stops, refreshments and accommodation.
caption: Drawing of travellers outside J.Baker's Tearooms and Post Office at Lake Rotoma, c1900
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