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Kōrero: Southland places

Percy Burn viaduct

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The Percy Burn viaduct was built in the early 1920s, so that logs could be carried to Port Craig from forest along the Fiordland coast. It is now part of the Waitutu Track.

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David Grant, Southland places – Fiordland’s coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/20219/percy-burn-viaduct (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.