Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

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I have born in Bangladesh. I have big rivers and small lakes. For me, Lake means some big water tub on the earth. Though we have a big lake in Kaptai, Chittogram. It's beautiful, big like a river and man-made. When anything is man-made, it must have a sad side of history. Because of this big beautiful lake, some tribe's land, including their king's palace, has gone underwater.

I have seen Lake Ontario on the map. But didn't have any idea how beautiful and big it could be unless I saw it. It looks like a calm ocean. I have seen big ships and boats on the lake. People go fishing, and many birds live beside the lake. I assume the weather in Toronto is the best in Canada only because of the lakes. And it is natural.

Biography 51: lake between Komolapur and Matijhil.

 In my childhood, we use to live with our paternal grandparents in their house. We were surrounded by our paternal aunts and uncle. Our grandparent's house was at Komolapur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was near the Matijhil area. I remember there was a lake between our area and the Matijhil business area. People use to go there by boat. It was a small narrowboat. People use to stand on it. The boatman uses to move with a paddle or sometimes with a bamboo very carefully. It was shallow water. Sometimes the water was cover with Water Hyacinth (In Bangla Kachuri Pana). Mostly office-going people used that boat to go to work or to come back from work. My mom said it was cost 10 cents (In Bangla Poisha).

I remember we use to go to the lake with a very narrow path between two buildings. People use to make two-row, one to go and another to return.

Later, when we returned from Saudi Arabia, I wanted to ride that boat. But I guess by that time, the lake was covered or there was no lake anymore. It was situated behind the Bangladesh Bank.