CAPLES VALLEY, REES RIVER.
(See pages 9 and 12.)
The Rees River is situated at the head of Lake Wakatipu. Its source lies in the spurs of Mount Earnshaw, 9,145 feet high, Mount Repulse, and the Forbes Mountains. Caples Valley received its name from one of the early explorers of the head of Lake Wakatipu, a surveyor named Mr Caples, who in conjunction with Mr G. W. Reeves, runholder, and the late Mr W. Arthur (chief surveyor of the province of Otago), explored in through manner the glacierclad summits and the intervening river gorges of this mountainous district. Our illustration is taken from an oil painting by W. J. S. Percival.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 33, 16 August 1890, Page 2
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111CAPLES VALLEY, REES RIVER. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 33, 16 August 1890, Page 2
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