Bottle Lake is a suburb in the north-east of Christchurch with a low number of residents. Most of the suburb is covered by Bottle Lake Forest, which has since the mid-1970s become a popular recreation area.
Demolition material from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake piled up in Bottle Lake Forest
William Reece was a New Zealand businessman and local-body politician. He served as mayor of Christchurch for the years 1900 and 1901.
William Reece
Premises of Reece & Sons in Colombo Street, Christchurch, in the 1890s
Banquet invitation for the centennial celebrations hosted by Mayor William Reece