He pārongo atu anōOtawhaki Lagoon, 1 September 1929

Description

Otawhaki Lagoon, 1/9/29 [Originally hand written on edge of negative ? as faintly visible on the print, but must be viewed in a mirror as the printing is reversed]

This printing is not on duplicate.

Otawhaki Lagoon, 1 September 1929. This lagoon was situated on the western side of Lake Horowhenua. In his book “Horowhenua” (1948), G Leslie Adkin states that the lagoon had dried up in recent years apparently from natural causes. Also “Deepest at its western end, the southern end was shallow and swamp-edged, and to north and south, artificial channels connected the lagoon with two small adjacent swamps. The widespread distribution of these artificial channels (whakamate) and their connection with so large a proportion of the lagoons and swamps of the dune-belt, give striking evidence of the eel-fisheries of former days.”

1 B&W photo print (plus 1 duplicate)

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