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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 5 (September 1, 1933)

Canoeing on the Grey

Canoeing on the Grey.

On January 20, 1848, Brunner began his return journey through the great wilderness of
James Mackay.

James Mackay.

the interior. The first day was a happy change from the eternal tramping. He and his Maoris joined a party of natives bound up the Grey River in four canoes. “It is really a very exciting scene to see four canoes paddling and poling up a fine stream on a fine day,” he wrote. “We stemmed about five miles of the river and camped at an old fishing station prettily situated on an island, called Mautapu, which rises about one hundred feet above the level of the river.” About a mile above the island there was a large coal seam on the river edge; this is where the Brunnerton coal mines are to-day. From the island camp the canoe voyage was continued up the Grey and by way of the Arnold River into Lake Brunner (Kotuku-Whakaoka); there the party camped on a small low island.