Lake Wakatipu
Long glacial lake ringed by alpine peaks, crossed by a century-old coal-fired steamship.
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This guide to Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown follows the money behind the old coal-fired steamer still crossing its water, from the government order placed in Dunedin in nineteen twelve to the high-country sheep stations that depended on her. It touches the merino wool trade of the far shore and the decade when new roads changed who needed a boat at all. Best heard from the Queenstown waterfront, listening for her whistle.
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