Percival River
The Percival River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows southwest from its origins in the Hanmer Range to the northeast of Hanmer Springs, reaching the Waiau River 7 kilometres south of the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Queen Mary Hospital and St Roch’s Church.
Queen Mary Hospital
Nature reserve
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Queen Mary Hospital, in Hanmer Springs, New Zealand is a former residential alcohol and drug treatment hospital. It opened in 1916 to treat returned servicemen from World War I, on the site of a sanatorium built in 1879. Queen Mary Hospital is situated 4 km northeast of Percival River.
St Roch’s Church
Church
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Roch’s Church is situated 3½ km northeast of Percival River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hanmer Springs.
Hanmer Springs
Photo: Kiwi05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hanmer Springs is a small town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, known for its hot pools. The Māori name for Hanmer Springs is Te Whakatakanga o te Ngārahu o te ahi a Tamatea, which means "where the ashes of Tamatea's fire lay", referring to Tamatea, the captain of the canoe Tākitimu.
Percival River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Percival River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Percival River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پيرسيڤال”
- French: “Percival”
- Welsh: “Afon Percival”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hanmer Plain and Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools & Spa.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Percival River”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.