Balclutha, New Zealand established a ferry service across the Clutha in 1857; as a result the town was initially called Clutha Ferry. The Māori name for the area is Iwikatea, literally "Bleached bones" (a local Māori tribal battle in 1750 left the decomposing bodies of the defeated, their bones whitened in the sun). The Clutha River flows through the town. It is the largest river in New Zealand by volume of water, and the country's second longest after the Waikato. It provides the town with various recreational facilities, including fishing (brown trout), water skiing and power boating. The most prominent structure in the
Jacobs River, New Zealand church was blown off its foundations and destroyed. The nearest school is in Fox Glacier, following the closure of Jacobs River School on 27 January 2013. Jacobs River, New Zealand Jacobs River is a locality in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated just to the north of where State Highway 6 crosses the Jacobs River. Bruce Bay is about to the south-west, and Fox Glacier is almost to the north-east, by road. A small Anglican church, known as St Peter's church, was built at Jacobs River in 1931. It was later taken over by