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Kinloch

The western landing at the head of the lake, where the Antrim was built at a sawmill.

Early photograph of the wooden paddle steamer Antrim lying against a small timber jetty at Kinloch, her tall balloon-topped funnel smoking, with stacked firewood, a scatter of huts and sheds on the cleared shore and dense beech forest rising behind — The paddle steamer Antrim at the Kinloch wharf in 1870, her balloon stack fitted to catch the sparks. Lakes District Museum EL0723.

Stories

Story · Transport and Early Tourism
The Whakatipu steamers
The Antrim was built at a sawmill near Kinloch, the Ben Lomond was carted up from Dunedin in pieces, and the Mountaineer came to Kingston by rail in sections.
Story · Transport and Early Tourism
The first tourists
Anthony Trollope crossed the lake in 1872 and told his readers the district would be known for its scenery, and by 1883 every visitor was expected to climb Ben Lomond.

In the Courier index

Magazine articles in Issue 90, Spring 2013

Kinloch accommodation & wharf 1880, p. 29 Neville Bryant - family history, lake shipping, tourism - calendar talk

Magazine articles in Issue 38, 1987

Kinloch, p. 7 Bush Fire January 1887

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