The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 1 (April 2, 1934.)
Pegleg Creek
Pegleg Creek.
This creek flows into the Otira from the eastern side, just below the summit of the Pass.
A certain Pegleg Charlie once had a hut there, and the story goes that he was supposed to be fossicking for gold, though in fact this was just a blind for his real occupation of slygrog selling to travellers over the Pass. He had a wooden leg; hence Pegleg.