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Lake Sumner

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(Lake Sumner Forest Park)

TRACK LOCATION: Situated off SH7 at Waikari 70 km north of Christchurch. Follow the Lake Sumner road through Hawarden. Shingle and narrow from the Waitohi river over Jacks Pass. Lake Taylor is a leisurely 2 hours  from Christchurch. 
Map Reference: Reed New Zealand Atlas,  Map 70  Arthur's Pass National Park, Map 71  Lewis Pass - Hanmer,

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Lake Sumner.

THE LAKE SUMNER TRACK, GRADE: 3. Lake Sumner is an easy access to the Lake Sumner Forest Park, 73,968ha,  giving vehicular access into this recreation park that offers a highcountry wilderness experience for hunting, fishing & tramping.
A popular track with tramper's  and hunters moving up to the park with the Hurunui hut just 30 minutes walk from the the end of the vehicular track.

ACCESS: Permit required from DOC.  Note: Vehicle access beyond the swing bridge over the Upper Hurunui  is PROHIBITED.
Landowners: DOC, Lake Sumner Forest Park and the lessee, The Lakes Station. Access is administered by DOC. See information sheet for access and permit information. [Map Icon]

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE AREA:  

 

 

The route from Waikari to Lake Sumner over Jacks Pass was the route used by early settlers in the 1860,s moving to the West Coast Gold fields over Harper Pass at the head of the Hurunui river. The lake was discovered in 1857 by Canterbury Provincial Engineer, Edward Dobson, and it was presumably he who named it, in honour of the Most Reverend John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury 1848–62

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FISHING: See fishing pages.

REFERENCES:

bulletSouth Island Trout Fishing Guide, John Kent (1998 ed) North canterbury District, Page 103. 

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