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Museum Hut

Canterbury · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Museum Hut in the Lewis Pass/Nelson Lakes area, Canterbury/Tasman region (South Island, New Zealand), at 625 m altitude, in the Southern Alps range. A historic DOC hut converted into an open shelter for trampers, on the Nelson Lakes NP and St James Conservation Area circuits. Area of beech forest (Fuscospora/Lophozonia) and tussock in glacial valleys, heritage of 19th-century high-country sheep stations.

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The setting

Lewis Pass/Nelson Lakes Canterbury/Tasman NZ 625 m Southern Alps, historic DOC St James CA, beech forest/tussock 19th-century high-country sheep stations.