WILSON BAY,
Pour miles southward of Port Pegasus, is, in reality, a deep indentation, Very exposed to •easterly, southerly, and north-westerly winds, which create a considerable sea inside, rendering it unsafe anchorage for vessels of size ; though Burial, or, Archie's Cove, affords good shelter for small craft. The Land, though in some places tolerable, begins to show evidence of inferiority, there being no depth of soil, and the hiHs steep. Timber of size there is none ; the hills being covered with scrub, principally moritikou. Wild fowl seem scarce, as also fish. This bay was at one time a great rendezvous for whalers and sealers ; and a small village at one time existed, of which no vestige remains. Resebve. — A village reserve of 80 acres, as per sketch.
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Southland Times, Issue 620, 18 January 1867, Page 7
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127WILSON BAY, Southland Times, Issue 620, 18 January 1867, Page 7
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