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"The little boats carried them through a curtain of ivy which hid a wide opening in the cliff face. They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of under-ground harbour, where they clambered out onto the rocks."
— The first-year students' boat journey to Hogwarts[src]

The Boathouse was an underground harbour at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where the boats were stored and where they docked when the first-years arrived at Hogwarts Castle every 1 September.[1]

History[]

Boathouse in COG

The boathouse in 1927

1927[]

In 1927, when Newt Scamander and his allies travelled to Hogwarts to meet with Dumbledore, while walking on the Viaduct, the boathouse could be seen down below.[3]

1985-1986 school year[]

During this school year, the poachers Todd and Corrine Cribb used the boats to steal the pets of various Hogwarts students. However, they were able to be tracked by the Tung oil that was used to coat the boats, which eventually led to their defeat. In order to deter people from following them, they left an enchanted chest in the boathouse.[4]

1989–1990 school year[]

Jacob's sibling reading Jacob's letter HM626

Jacob's sibling reading their brother's letter to them in the Boathouse

During the 1989–1990 school year, Charlie Weasley and Jacob's sibling searched the Boathouse for information about their brother Jacob, as Duncan Ashe had told them they held secret meetings there in their school days. When they searched the Boathouse, they found a concealed letter written by Jacob addressed to their sibling.[5]

Later that year, Alastor Moody had the Dark wizard Kazuhiro Shiratori tied to a chair with ropes in the Boathouse for Jacob's sibling to interrogate him, after having captured him from Knockturn Alley. However, after he defiantly refused to divulge information about R and its leader, Moody knocked him unconscious and transported him to Azkaban from there.[6]

1990–1991 school year[]

Circle of Khanna Boathouse meeting HM742

The Circle of Khanna meeting in the Boathouse

During the 1990–1991 school year, Jacob's sibling held a Circle of Khanna meeting in the Boathouse, where they announced the group would be investigating Olivia Green, their new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Jae Kim and Nymphadora Tonks here agreed to help them search her office.[7]

Merula and Jacob's sibling in Boathouse HM746

Merula and Jacob's sibling meeting in the Boathouse

Later that year, Merula Snyde agreed to meet Jacob's sibling in the Boathouse for a private conversation, where she told them about she was partially aware of "R"'s mind control plans and how she was tasked with retrieving a special crown from the Sunken Vault for the organisation, but she could remember its name.[8]

Jacob's sibling again met with Merula in the Boathouse, where Merula gave her the proposal of meeting with her aunt Verucca Buckthorn-Snyde in Knockturn Alley. She was initially sceptical given her aunt's sinister nature, but she later agreed to the deal. After their meeting, she met with Merula again to discuss how to best deal with her difficult aunt.[9]

Andre Egwu, in preparation for this N.E.W.T.s, used the Boathouse to practise transfiguration on a fedora atop a Mechanical Death Eater.[10]

1995–1996 school year[]

In the 1995–1996 school year, a portrait of Percival Pratt hung on one of the walls, concealing a shortcut to the Grand Staircase There were some rafters in the ceiling, that were used to store the small wooden boats. Seagulls could be found around the area of the boathouse.[2]

After Pratt's portrait was taken away from the Boathouse, there were only three entrances to this building: The path outside The Quad, the stairs going down from the Entrance Courtyard and the Lake. For Horace Slughorn's Slug Club Christmas party in December 1996, fireworks were set from the Boathouse exterior, to signal the start of said party.[11]

21st century (presumably)[]

The boathouse was the site of a fire involving Eustace Fawley during his third year. The scene was investigated by Mathilda Grimblehawk and her partner as well as Jeremiah Garnet, a reporter for the Wizarding Wireless Network who believed a dragon was responsible.[12]

Behind the scenes[]

DH2 Boat House

Snape and Voldemort in the boathouse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) - Console versions
  3. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
  4. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, "THE CASE OF THE MISSING PETS" Achievement
  5. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 26 (Unfinished Business)
  6. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 35 (Infiltrating 'R')
  7. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 42 (A Study in Green)
  8. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 46 (Total Recall)
  9. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 53 (An Unexpected Offer)
  10. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Side Quest "Transfigure It Out!"
  11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
  12. Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 7: Flames of Attraction
  13. Location of Snape's death in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 changed - Snitchseeker
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