Guide River

The Guide River is a river in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand. It starts near Barefell Pass on the eastern side of the Rachel Range and flows south-east to join the Acheron River, which joins the Clarence River and eventually drains into the Pacific Ocean.[1]

Guide River
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationMarlborough Region
Mouth 
  location
Acheron River

The river was named by Sir Frederick Weld and his station manager in 1850,[2] because it guided them from the Barefell Pass to the Acheron River (which they misidentified as the Clarence River).[3]

See also

References

  1. Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 66. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. "South Island Exploration". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966.
  3. Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. pp. 303–4.


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