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Every school year at Hogwarts, after the [[Hogwarts Express]] arrives at [[Hogsmeade Station]], [[Rubeus Hagrid]] (or a substitute) calls the [[first year]]s to follow him to the lake shore and the [[Hogwarts boats|magic boats]]. Whereupon Hagrid occupies one boat and each other boat carries up to four students. The boats then self-propel across the lake to a dock under [[Hogwarts Castle]] as per tradition. (At the start of the [[1994–1995 school year]], first year [[Dennis Creevey]] said he fell into the lake and the [[Hogwarts Giant Squid|Giant Squid]] pushed him back into a boat.) Upon reaching the castle, Hagrid and the first years disembark and climb stairs to the lawn, and enter the castle proper through the front doors. First years then wait until summoned into the Great Hall to get [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]] into their houses. At the end of their first year, students take the boats back to Hogsmeade Station, while most older students ride down the lane in carriages.
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Every school year at Hogwarts, [[first year]]s sail across the lake to the [[Hogwarts Castle|castle]] led by [[Rubeus Hagrid]] in boats as per Hogwarts tradition. When they get to the school, they are then [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]] into their houses. In Harry's fourth year it is said that Dennis Creevey fell into the lake and that the giant squid carried him back to the surface.
  
   
 
At the end of every school year, graduating [[seventh year]]s leave the school by [[Graduation ceremony|sailing back across the lake]].<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/1217-pottercast-anelli.html 2007 PotterCast Interview]</ref>
  
At the end of every school year, graduating [[seventh year]]s leave the school by [[Graduation ceremony|sailing back across the lake]].<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/1217-pottercast-anelli.html 2007 PotterCast Interview]</ref>
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*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', the lake has quays.
  
*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', the lake has quays.
 
*In the films, Dumbledore's body is placed on a small island in the middle of the Great Lake. After this, in [[1998]], Voldemort accesses [[White Tomb|Dumbledore's grave]] and takes the [[Elder Wand]] from it. It is possible that the island was first seen in in the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''.
  
*In the films, Dumbledore's body is placed on a small island in the middle of the Great Lake. After this, in [[1998]], Voldemort accesses [[White Tomb|Dumbledore's grave]] and takes the [[Elder Wand]] from it. It is possible that the island was first seen in in the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''.
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*In an early draft of [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]], [[J.K.Rowling]] planned to have Harry and Ron crash [[Flying Ford Anglia|the car]] into the lake and be introduced to the merpeople at that point. <ref>''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>
   
 
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Revision as of 16:15, 16 August 2014

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The Great Lake[1][2] (alternatively known as the Black Lake[3]) is a large body of water located to the south of the castle. It is about half a mile in diameter and the Hogwarts plumbing network drains into it.

History

Every school year at Hogwarts, after the Hogwarts Express arrives at Hogsmeade Station, Rubeus Hagrid (or a substitute) calls the first years to follow him to the lake shore and the magic boats. Whereupon Hagrid occupies one boat and each other boat carries up to four students. The boats then self-propel across the lake to a dock under Hogwarts Castle as per tradition. (At the start of the 1994–1995 school year, first year Dennis Creevey said he fell into the lake and the Giant Squid pushed him back into a boat.) Upon reaching the castle, Hagrid and the first years disembark and climb stairs to the lawn, and enter the castle proper through the front doors. First years then wait until summoned into the Great Hall to get Sorted into their houses. At the end of their first year, students take the boats back to Hogsmeade Station, while most older students ride down the lane in carriages.

At the end of every school year, graduating seventh years leave the school by sailing back across the lake.[4]

Triwizard Tournament

Second Task Lake

The Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament

Students from Durmstrang Institute arrived at Hogwarts on their enchanted boat via the Great Lake. As part of the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament, the four champions Harry Potter, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory, and Viktor Krum had to swim in the lake for one hour to rescue something that was taken from them. Harry used Gillyweed to be able to breath underwater, while Cedric and Fleur used the Bubble-Head Charm, and Krum partially Transfigured himself into a Shark.

Dumbledore's Funeral

In 1997, Albus Dumbledore was laid to rest in a white tomb on the shores of the lake following his death in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower.

Inhabitants

It is home to a Giant Squid, Grindylows, and a colony of Merpeople. The lake was also used as the site of the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament. The Slytherin common room is beneath the lake, accessed through an entrance in the school dungeons. The Chamber of Secrets is also thought to be beneath the lake. At some point, Neville Longbottom's pet toad, Trevor, escaped into the lake, joining other toads that lived there.[5]

Temperature

The lake is very often cold, but Viktor Krum is known to have swum in it, wearing nothing but swimming trunks, apparently not affected by the low temperature (although this is probably due to the fact that his school, Durmstrang, is located in a place that is even colder).

Lily Evans and her friends were also said to dangle their legs over the water, which could mean that there were no rules whilst they were in school against swimming in the lake.

Behind the scenes

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Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Pottermore Insider - "It's time to pass the magic on with the new Bloomsbury Harry Potter books"
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) - see this image
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
  4. ↑ 2007 PotterCast Interview
  5. ↑ Pottermore information on toads (transcript available here)
  6. ↑ Black Lake in Wikipedia
  7. ↑ Pottermore
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