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. The region takes its name from the Mackenzie Basin, an elliptical inter ...

, northwest of Fairlie. It is located on SH 8, not far from Burkes Pass, and is a drive from

Mount Dobson Mount Dobson is the common name for Dobson Peak as a result of being used for the name of a ski resort near Fairlie in South Canterbury, South Island of New Zealand. There is an official Mount Dobson being high at the northern end of the South ...

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

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allies of World War I, Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace ...

, which ended

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

Easter Easter, also called Pascha ( Aramaic: פַּסְחָא , ''paskha''; Greek: πάσχα, ''páskha'') or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in t ...

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 the Canterbury Region {{CanterburyNZ-geo-stub