Stewart Island Place Names ……
Easy Harbour
Toparetutae ….. “Smeared with dung” This was an important stop over and weather refuge for Maori en route to the birding islands, and a trail existed overland from Albion Inlet in Port Pegasus. This allowed travelers to bypass the dangerous South Cape area. Canoes being left here between seasons.
Easy Harbour …… A descriptive name
Easy Harbour, looking up to Gog beyond
Bull Rk in the middle foreground, with False Easy Harbour beyond, and Easy Harbour entrance on the right
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