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NZ Walking Routes > Canterbury > Banks Peninsula - Lyttleton Harbour > Old French Cemetery - Akaroa
Old French Cemetery - Akaroa
- Location
- The Old French Cemetery is signposted from the main street (Rue Lavaud).
- Description
The French Cemetery was the first consecrated burial ground in Canterbury. The willows that shade the site are reputed to have grown from cuttings of the trees around Napoleon's Saint Helena island grave. In turn, these cemetery trees are considered to have provided cuttings for the trees that now line the urban banks of Christchurch's Avon River.
A short path leads from the top of rue Brittan onto L'Aube Hill, where the cemetery is located.
- Duration
- 0.15 hours
- Level
- Easy
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Carpark
- Historical
- Plant Life
- Source
- www.fourcorners.co.nz
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