Guide River

Guide River
Guide River
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Marlborough Region
Mouth
• location	Acheron River

The Guide River is a river in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand. It starts near on the eastern side of the and flows south-east to join the Acheron River, which joins the Waiau Toa / Clarence River and eventually drains into the Pacific Ocean.^[1]

The river was named by Sir Frederick Weld and his station manager in 1850,^[2] because it guided them from the Barefell Pass to the Acheron River (which they misidentified as the Clarence River).^[3]

References[]

^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 66. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
^ "South Island Exploration". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966.
^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. pp. 303–4.

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42°15′47″S 173°04′43″E / 42.26306°S 173.07861°E

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[1] Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 66. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.

[2] "South Island Exploration". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966.

[3] Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. pp. 303–4.

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