Mt. Cassidy.

This is one of the peaks on the east side of the Bealey which has been named after early identities of the district. It is a peak at the gable end of the spur from the Blimit, and overlooks Arthur's Pass. This is the peak which was for long called the Blimit.

In 1863 Mr. Cassidy took four horses over the Teramakau Saddle, and started a coach venture from Grey-mouth to Hokitika, using the beach for a road. This venture ended in disaster. The coach was washed out to sea near the mouth of the Teramakau, but Cassidy made other efforts until, in 1874, he secured the contract for carrying the Canterbury-West Coast mail. From then until 1923, when the tunnel was opened, the firm of Cassidy and a series of partners, drove coaches on the West Coast Road. Cassidy himself died in 1921.