The Journal of Edward Ward 1850-51
Sunday, December 29th
Sunday, December 29th
* The Canterbury Association's lack of funds prevented the completion of this road round the cliffs to Sumner. Without it there was no road access between port and plains, the only way over the hills being the Bridle Path to the Heathcote, a rough and steep track at first barely passable for horsemen.
* A brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Felix was a surveyor and engineer and had farmed in Tasmania. He was in charge of land sales for the Association and came to N.Z. on the Sir George Pollock in 1851. He drew the second rural land ballot and chose 100 acres on 'Sumner Bay'.