Large tramping hut at the confluence of the Waimakariri and White Rivers. There have been three huts on the site. The first was built in 1926 by the Canterbury Mountaineering Club, the second was built circa 1940, and the third in the 1970s. The hut is managed by the Department of Conservation.
Carrington Hut (Arthur's Pass National Park, N.Z.)
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Pascoe album 3
Date: [Between 1930 and 1935]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Wildey, Alexander, 1865-1953
Reference: PA1-o-408
Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps. They include views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names of people usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Landscapes too, are mostly fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. The album includes a map of the Rakaia-Mathias River area, drawn by E. Porter; a map of the "Three pass route" across the Southern Alps, drawn by Len Boot (p. 003); two extracts from the New Zealand Alpine Journal hand-written by J D Pascoe (from Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 209-210; and Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 213-214); and a photograph of a painting by A E Wildey, with caption "Artist's versin of Carrington Peak" (p. 028). Pages 89-94 show the preparations and work undertaken by a large rescue party involved in searching for two school teachers, B Robbins and H D Smith, who died while attempting to cross the Harman Pass, en route from Hokitika to the Bealey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [247 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm
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Carrington Hut, Canterbury
Date: 4 June 1933
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-046806-F
Description: Carrington Hut, Canterbury, photographed on 4 June 1933 by J D Pascoe. A print of this negative is at PA1-o-408-033-1 (album PA1-o-408, page 33, image 1) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative