Ashburton Forks, New Zealand

Ashburton Forks, formerly known as Spread Eagle, is a small town which lies between the forks of the Ashburton River in the Canterbury Province of New Zealand's South Island. It is approximately 50 km west of Ashburton and about 17 km from the foot of the Southern Alps.

Early settlers

William Campbell, blacksmith by trade, of Oakfield Demesne, County Donegal established the Spreadeagle Farm at Ashburton in the early 1880s with his wife Mary (née Falloon).

Ashburton River / Hakatere

Source: Southern Alps (Arrowsmith Range) (south), Canterbury Foothills (Palmer Range) (north) Flows into: Canterbury Bight

Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Ashburton District

Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Lake Clearwater Mount Somers Ashburton Forks Ashburton Tinwald Huntingdon/Lake Hood Wheatstone Hakatere

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Stour River Bowyers Stream

Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Clearwater Lake Camp Lake Emma Maori Lakes Lake Hood

Other features (upstream to downstream)	Ashburton Gorge

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitikei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau (Southland) 8: Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Oreti

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Ashburton Forks, New Zealand

Early settlers

See also