Coutts, Donald
Person
Biography
Donald Coutts, an early Kaiapoi Island settler, established one of Canterbury's earliest flour mills at the south end of Kaiapoi Island. Coutts dug a race to bring water from the north branch into the small stream. The race was widened by the great flood of 1868 creating Coutts Island. Donald Coutts married Anne MacKay in Christchurch on 18 Sept. 1856. Their daughter Jane was a successful mountaineer.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Donald Coutts' flour mill papers
Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0942
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and photocopied information on Donald Coutts, his wife Anne, and the flour mill he established on Kaiapoi Island, later renamed Coutts Island. Compiled by Raymond Matthews.
Dates:
1851-1876