Kimbell is a small township in New Zealand's

Mackenzie District Mackenzie District is a local government district on New Zealand's South Island, administered by the Mackenzie District Council. It is part of the larger Canterbury Region. Geography Principal settlements The Mackenzie District only has three t ...

, northwest of Fairlie. It is located on SH 8, not far from

Burkes Pass Burkes Pass is a mountain pass and at its base, a small town on State Highway 8 at the entrance to the Mackenzie Country in South Canterbury, New Zealand. It is named after Michael John Burke (1812 Co. Galway-1869 Melbourne) a graduate of Du ...

, and is a drive from

Mount Dobson Mount Dobson is a ski resort in the South Island of New Zealand. Located 2.25 hours from Christchurch and 3 hours from Queenstown, it claims an easy access road, the highest car park of any ski resort in New Zealand, and the earliest start to t ...

ski field. Kimbell was named after Frederick J. Kimbell, who purchased the nearby Three Springs farm in 1866.

Fairlie Peace Avenue

Kimbell is the start of the Fairlie Peace Avenue. This is made up of 500 oak trees which were planted to commemorate the signing of the

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, which ended

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. Five trees were removed after being damaged by high winds during

Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

2021. All of the trees (97%) were deemed to require some work in 2021. The priority was the removal of trees that had broken branches were unstable or had heavy dead wood that could fall on people or cars.

Notable buildings

Kimbell is also home to the Silverstream Hotel, which was built in 1877, and is known as the 'new stone hotel'. The former post office, Walnut Cottage, is a Historic Place Category 2 listed building. It is situated next to the Silverstream Hotel. It was built in 1878 from local limestone by T. Foden; stonemason F. Brehaut also was involved in its construction. It is home to the Garage Gallery, an art gallery located in a former engineering garage.

References

Mackenzie District Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand {{CanterburyNZ-geo-stub