Hogan's Pond is an incorporated residential settlement approximately 5 km (3 mi) northwest of St. John's. Situated around a body of water of the same name, Hogan's Pond has long been a popular area for summer vacationers. It became especially attractive to vacationers in the late 1800s or early 1900s when the pond was stocked with rainbow trout and whitefish. It is believed locally that Hogan's Pond was named after a man named Hogan who reputedly carried out a logging operation near the pond. It is said that the pond and a number of connecting rivers and lakes were used to float the timber down to Conception Bay where it was fashioned into spars.