Irishman Creek

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Irishman Creek
Irishman Creek - Post Box "in the middle of nowhere"

Irishman Creek - Post Box " in the middle of nowhere "

Data
location Mackenzie District , Canterbury Region, New Zealand
River system Waitaki River
Drain over Tekapo River  → Waitaki River  → Pacific
source South flank of Mount Stevenson
43 ° 51 ′ 33 ″  S , 170 ° 17 ′ 16 ″  E
Source height 1625  m
muzzle Tekapo River Coordinates: 44 ° 11 ′ 16 "  S , 170 ° 21 ′ 36"  E 44 ° 11 ′ 16 "  S , 170 ° 21 ′ 36"  E
Mouth height 515  m
Height difference 1110 m
Bottom slope 28 ‰
length 40 km
Post box

The Irishman Creek is a small 40 km long river in the Mackenzie District of the Region Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand .

geography

The Irishman Creek rises on the southern flank of the 2330  m high Mount Stevenson , which is one of the southern foothills of the New Zealand Alps . From its headwaters, the stream runs in a few turns towards the south, crosses under the Tekapo Canal in an artificially created tunnel tube at canal kilometer 13 and finally flows after 40 km as a right tributary into the Tekapo River . The New Zealand State Highway 8 crosses the creek 1.5 km south of the Tekapo Canal .

About 12 km west of Irishman Creek is Lake Pukaki and about 10 km east of Lake Alexandrina and about two kilometers further is Lake Tekapo . The landscape between the lakes and a small settlement on Irishman Creek was named after the creek.

history

Bach and the landscape in New Zealand was a small blue and white wooden house known that the roadside New Zealand State Highway 8 " in the middle of nowhere " ( in the middle of nowhere is) and surmounted by a sign reading " Irishman Creek " hangs. Photographed many times, the scene also received attention in various television programs in New Zealand and became known nationwide. Outwardly looking like a toilet house, this depot for mail and parcels is supplied by trucks with mail deliveries for the small settlement 2 km away.

Historic area

The area around the intersection of New Zealand State Highway 8 , Tekapo Canal and Irishman Creek to Lake Pukaki , which is referred to as Pt Run 343 and belongs to the New Zealand state, was designated a historic area on June 23, 1983 by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Power House and Workshop buildings are listed in Category II of buildings worthy of protection.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Coordinates and longitudes of Irishman Creek were made by Google Earth .
  2. ↑ Topo250 maps - East Coast - Timaru . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 18, 2017 .
  3. ^ Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review - Lease name: Irishman Creek . (PDF 1.8 MB) Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), July 10, 2010, accessed on February 18, 2017 (English).
  4. ^ Irishman Creek Industrial Historic Area . In: Heritage New Zealand . New Zealand Historic Places Trust , accessed February 18, 2017 .