Heritage

Mt. Cook and the old Hermitage before it was destroyed by flooding in 1913

Mt. Cook and the old Hermitage before it was destroyed by flooding in 1913

Mt. Cook and the old Hermitage before it was destroyed by flooding in 1913
[ca. 1910]

The original hotel is pictured. This was a 13-roomed house built of cob and completed in 1895. It was situated at the foot of the Mueller Glacier and accommodated about 30 guests. A cage took tourists across the Hooker River to the Tasman glacier. The hotel was damaged by flood in January 1913, and two months later was destroyed beyond repair by a second flood. See The floods, The Press, 4 Apr. 1913, p. 4, and also The Hermitage Mount Cook centennial 1884-1984.

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File Reference CCL Photo Collection 22, Img00344

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