- Hookhamsnyvy Creek
The Hookhamsnyvy Creek is a natural watercourse in the northern Canterbury region of
New Zealand 'sSouth Island . [Land Information New Zealand, [http://www.linz.govt.nz/apps/placenames/index.html?p=25095 Geographic Placenames Database: Place Name Detail - Hookhamsnyvy Creek] , accessed 12 November 2007.]The Hookhamsnyvy Creek is north of Parnassus and rises in the
Hundalee Hills . It runs roughly south before briefly turning west to join theLeader River .In 1912, the Main North Line
railway was opened fromChristchurch to Parnassus, with the ultimate objective of creating a line north to Picton via Blenheim andKaikoura . The first route north followed the Leader Valley and would have required a diversion of the Hookhamsnyvy Creek. Some initial groundwork was done for this, butWorld War I 's outbreak in 1914 caused construction to be paused. When it resumed, a new coastal route viaHundalee was chosen, the diversion of the Hookhamsnyvy Creek permanently abandoned, and the line opened in 1945. ["Tracklines" 1(1) [December 1988] , cited in Patrick Dunford, [http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/mainline/panleader/ "Parnassus and Leader Section SIMT MNL"] , accessed 12 November 2007.]References
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