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PLACENAME	WHERE	HISTORY
Caberfeidh	Mountain in Catlins district, and old railway station on Catlins river line.  About 2mls nth of Maclennan.	Named by John MacKENZIE, was motto of Seaforth Highlanders
Campbell’s Point / Campbell’s Bay	Point on sea coast 2ml nth of Tokata Point, near Kaka Point	Named after early resident in area
Canada Reef	Name of quartz mine in Table Hill area.  Canada Bush up north branch of Tokomairiro River	Name taken from early name for district
Cannibal Bay	Small bay north of False Island about 8km from Owaka	Maori name ‘Oraki-utuhia’.  Many unreliable stories as to origin of name.  Old Maori ovens in vicinity
Carol	Tussock hills of Kaihiku Range in Waiwera district	Named after home, near Dunrobin Castle, Scotland, of father of John ANDERSON (1^st white child born site of Dunedin, 1846)
Carterhope	Old estate on main highway near Warepa	Purchased by James BORTHWICK in 1861
Cathedral Caves	Series of large caves named by Dr Hocken 1892
Catlin’s Cone	Mountain 2290ft high about 16mls nth of Long Beach	Otago-Southland boundary
Catlin’s Lake	Tidal flat which Catlins River flows into	Maori name ‘Pounawea’
Catlin’s River	Rises nth of Catlin’s Cone, flows past south slopes of Wisp Range, past Ratanui to Catlin’s Lake.	Between 1863 and 1870, Catlin’s River referred to district known as ‘The Landing’   Maori name ‘Kuramea’
Catlins	Name given in general to Owaka district	Edward CATLIN, master of a trading schooner, bought large tract of land from Tuhawaiki
Cedar Hill	South of Chloris Stream between Catlins and Owaka Rivers
Cemetery Hill	Small hill 1ml sw of Port Molyneux where cemetery situated	Maori name ‘Puke-ti’ cabbage tree hill
Chasland’s Mistake	Headland 4ml sw of Tautuku Peninsula	Allegedly, CHASLAND once mistook this long headland for Cape Saunders. Thought more likely that Chasland himself named it that after having arrived there late one evening, discovering herd of seals and made the mistake of leaving them till morning, when it was found the seals had left in the night. Maori name ‘Maki-ti’ branch of cabbage tree
Chasland’s River	Known as Waipati River	Wai - river, pati - shallow
Chaslands	District between Tautuku and Waikawa	Named after Thomas CHASLANDS, of whaling fame
Chinaman Flat	Near Tuapeka	Named such in reference to large numbers of Chinese on goldfields
Chloris Stream	Rises SE of Wisp Hill, flows into Catlins River
Chrystals Beach	On the coast near Milton	Named after Francis CHRYSTALL, early settler and proprietor of boarding house
Circle Hill	District NW of Milton deriving name from a circular topped hill
Clarendon	10km north from Milton	Named by J H HARRIS, superintendent of Otago after his ancestor, Earl of Clarendon in reign of Charles II
Clarksville	District at junction of Main South and Central Highways, 3km from Milton.  Early spelling ‘Clarkesville’	Named after Henry and Jasper CLARK who were early settlers in area
Clifton	District, former Estate near Waiwera	Acquired by William TELFORD
Clinton	Town 31km SW of Balclutha	Family name of Duke of Newscastle, Secretary for Colonies 1852-54.  At one time the name Clinton was desired for Invercargill, unsuccessfully, and the name ‘wandered around looking for a home’ for a time. In 1873 Popotunoa became Clinton
Clutha River	Major river with headwaters in Central Otago. Balclutha is situated on the lower river.	Clutha is Gaelic for Clyde.  Maori name from source in Lake Wanaka to the sea was ‘Mata-au’ meaning surface current.
Clydevale Shearing Gang at Clydevale 1894	Area between fork of Clutha and Pomahaka Rivers about 29km from Balclutha.	Name refers to the River Clyde.  Name given by NZ & Australian Land Company in 1863, name of estate.
Coal Point	On the coast east of Kaitangata	Named by Tuckett
Conical Hills	NW of Waipahi	Named after cone shaped hill
Conical, The	Small conical hill on west bank of Waiwera River
Coronet Hill	SW of Kuriwao Peak
Cosgrove Island	Small island 2ml NW of Long Point	Maori name ‘Puke-mau-kuku
Crichton	8km south from Milton	Named after early settler
Crookburn	Stream rising near Waitahuna West, flowing into Clutha River downstream from Tuapeka Mouth
Dalhousie	Name for Tuapeka Mouth c1860
Dull Burn	Otherwise known as Black Burn
Dunkeld	Alternative name for Beaumont (still used on land maps in 1975)	This Perthshire name given by surveyor CW ADAMS
Dutton’s Bridge, Dutton’s Hill	Bridge over Owaka River 2km north of Owaka
Earlstoke	Near Willsher Bay
Elbow, The	Deep corner on Owaka River at Pounawea
Evans Flat	5km from Lawrence	Named after goldrush hotel proprietor, David EVANS

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Sources:

‘Pioneering in South Otago’ by F Waite, pub. 1948 ‘Catlins Pioneering’ by AR Tyrell, pub. 1989 ‘Faith and Toil’ by DJ Sumpter and JJ Lewis, pub 1949 ‘Full Circle’ 1975 ‘Place Names of New Zealand’ by AW Reed, pub 1975 ‘Otago Place Names’ by JH Beattie, pub

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‘Locations C – E’ last updated 18 Nov 2006