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 | [...]South Canv terbury.” Mr Vance explained that a whal- ing station was established on the bay in the lat[...]d be on the western side 01' Stafford Street. The whalers used to draw their water from Whales Creek, but because the tide used to flow into th[...]ve'to go as far as Nelson Terrace to obtain fresh water from the creek. Whaler Caroline “Supplies to this station were brough[...]a, on to the rocks below. The theory was that the water which then used to wash right up to the clifls w[...]ad. The ’eig‘hties saw the building of a breakwater and later the rubble wall, now the Marine Parade,[...]that was said to be 40ft above the bed of the old Whales Creek. The tramway crossed Stafford Street, near[...]y. The ter race is still there. “With the breakwater came tlu accumulation of sand on this onct shingl[...]e1 Perry‘s pond with its ducks swim ming on the water and the \vater’l edge fringed with flow[...] |
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Mr William Vance Traces History of Caroline Bay (12 Mar 1957). Aoraki Heritage Collection, accessed 26/03/2025, https://aorakiheritage.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/358