Bulwer, New Zealand
Bulwer is a small locality in Waihinau Bay in the outer Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, New Zealand. It can be reached by 77 km of winding, mostly unsealed, road from Rai Valley. A weekly mail boat service delivers mail and also offers passenger services.
The area surrounding Bulwer features a mixture of native bush, farm land and pine plantations.
Naming
"Bulwer" and the associated name "Lytton Water" honour either Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) or his son Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831-1891).
References
- ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 59. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
- ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 131. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
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United States Hydrographic Office, ed. (1929). New Zealand Pilot: Including Kermadec Islands, Chatham Islands, and the Off-lying Islands Southeastward and Southward of New Zealand. Hydrographic Office publications (2 ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 364. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
Lytton Water lies at the confluence of Popoure and Pinohia Reaches with Opouri Bay.
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Reed, Alexander Wyclif (2002) [1975]. Peter Dowling (ed.). The Reed dictionary of New Zealand place names. Max Cryer (2002 ed.). Auckland: Reed. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4.
Bulwer [...] was surveyed and named, together with Lytton Water as the bay. Both names honoured the author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, or possibly his father[sic], Lord Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880.