The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 5 (August 2, 1937)
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Where is it? Only Southerners seem to know. This enchanting fairyland, known topographically as the Eglinton Valley, or, more broadly, as the “Sounds National Park,” comprising, as it will some day, the vast expanse of mountain—and forest-land of Eglinton and Holly-ford Valleys, and the indescribable Sounds and Fiords, with which our West Coast abounds, is situated in the South-West corner of the South Island. Among the many gems of fairyland are places, some better-known than others, as Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri, the beautiful Waiau River, the enchanting Eglinton and Hollyford Valleys, Mt. Howden, and Lake How-den, Mt. Tutoko, Mt. Christina, Lakes Gunn, Fergus and Lochie. These are but a few of the wonderful places to visit.