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An artificial lake in the Pahartali area of Chittagong and one of the tourist spots. It was excavated in 1924 under the supervision of the Assam-Bengal Railway Authority and was then known as Pahartali Lake. Foy's Lake was later named after the English railway engineer Foy.
Foy's Lake is a man-made lake in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was created in 1924 by constructing a dam across the stream that came down from the hills in the northern part of Chittagong. The purpose of creating an artificial lake was to provide water to the residents of the railway colony. It was named after Mr. Foy, a Railway engineer, believed to materialize said project. Pahartali was essentially a railway town containing a workshop, yard, and shed. Presently, a carriage workshop, diesel workshop, loco shed, laboratory, stores, electric workshop, and school are located here. A good number of railway employees reside in the nearby colony.
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With an area of 6 acres of land, the zoo is about 3 km north-east of the city. Major exhibits are Indian lion, Asian black bear, Indian muntjac, Chital.
Foy's Lake Amusement World
A theme park complex covering nearly 320 acres at Foy's Lake. The complex consists of a dry theme park, a water park, and Foy's Lake Resort. It was established in 2004.
Bangladesh Railway Museum is the sole railway museum of Bangladesh Railway. It was a bungalow before turning to a museum on November 15, 2003, which showcases some of the rich collection of relics, and objects used in Assam Bengal Railway (1942), Eastern Bengal Railway (1947) and Pakistan Railway (1961). The preserved artefacts mainly belong to the mechanical, electrical, telecommunication, signal, traffic and engineering departments of the Bangladesh Railway. It also includes different kinds of lamps and lights, fans and bells, uniforms and accessories of station masters, signalling equipment, transmitters, analogue telephones, monograms, track switches and railway sleepers.
The three-storied Drishtinandan temple, built of Makrana marble from Rajasthan, has wood for its doors and windows sourced from Africa and Myanmar. The length of this temple is 100 feet, its width 50 feet and its height 65 feet.
It was discovered in 1831 in a walled courtyard on the top of a hill in Nasirabad. At the foot of Shrine Hill is a three-domed Mughal-style rectangular mosque and a huge Dighi. Many believe that the tomb of Bayezid Bostami is located here. At the foot of the shrine is a vast lake with Bostami's turtles and Gojar fish as its well-known inhabitants. Locally they are called Mazari and Ghazari. Bostami's tortoise is an internationally recognized extremely rare and critically endangered species. They are not seen anywhere else in the world except in the Shrine of Bayazid Bostami.