Robinson River (New Zealand)
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The Robinson River is a river in the West Coast Region of the South Island of New Zealand
. It is a tributary of the Upper Grey River
and much of the river lies within the Lake Sumner Conservation Park. Rising on the slopes of Mount Boscawen (1780 metres (5,839.9 ft)) on the main divide about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the Lewis Pass
, the river runs west-southwest along a straight, narrow valley before turning northwest to reach the Upper Grey.
Some older maps show the river as the Marchant River or the Marchant Robinson River.
A two-day tramping track known as the Robinson River track runs up the Robinson River before crossing a saddle via a poled route to join with the Lake Christabel track. There are two tramping huts maintained by the Department of Conservation beside the river.
The river is named for a superintendent of Nelson Province
, John Perry Robinson
(1809 – 1865)
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It is a tributary of the Upper Grey River
Upper Grey River
The Upper Grey River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. As the name suggests, it is a stretch of the Grey River, and the name is used for the section between the confluence of the Blue Grey River, Brown Grey River, and Crooked Mary Creek in the Southern Alps and the...
and much of the river lies within the Lake Sumner Conservation Park. Rising on the slopes of Mount Boscawen (1780 metres (5,839.9 ft)) on the main divide about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the Lewis Pass
Lewis Pass
Lewis Pass is a mountain pass in the South Island of New Zealand.The northernmost of the three main passes across the Southern Alps, it is higher than the Haast Pass, but slightly lower than Arthur's Pass...
, the river runs west-southwest along a straight, narrow valley before turning northwest to reach the Upper Grey.
Some older maps show the river as the Marchant River or the Marchant Robinson River.
A two-day tramping track known as the Robinson River track runs up the Robinson River before crossing a saddle via a poled route to join with the Lake Christabel track. There are two tramping huts maintained by the Department of Conservation beside the river.
The river is named for a superintendent of Nelson Province
Nelson Province
The Nelson Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.-History:The Marlborough Province split away from the Nelson Province on 1 November 1859 because the majority of the income of the Provincial Council came from land sales in the...
, John Perry Robinson
John Perry Robinson
John Perry Robinson was the second Superintendent of the Nelson Province in New Zealand. His election came as a surprise, but he proved so popular that he won two subsequent elections with comfortable majorities...
(1809 – 1865)