Dalhousie
Park (now Bogyoke Aung San Park) was created by the British to plans
drawn up in 1856 by William Scott of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens. It
was named after Lord Dalhousie who was Governor General of India from
1848 to 1856.The park was laid out around the Kandawgyi Lake, known then
as the Royal Lake, one of two lakes in northern Rangoon east of the
Shwe Dagon Pagoda. This is a view of the edge of the lake showing the
drive which encircled it. The park was a popular subject for
photographers in Rangoon for the picturesque vistas of water and
landscape it gave.
