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Bloukrans Pass Nature's Valley district, Western Cape Thomas Charles John BAIN: Engineer

Date: 1869-1885 Client: South African Roads Type: Mountain Pass Status: Extant

The great fire of 1869 which swept from the Cape Peninsula to Plettenberg Bay opened up the dense Tsitsikama forest for survey and created opportunity to create one of the magnificent scenic drives along the gGarden Route in South Africa. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference Bloukrans Pass Coyne, Patrick. 2010. A guide to South Africa's mountain passes and poorts. Westville: Osborne Porter Literary Services. pg 126-127 Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1970. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 2 Bad-Cal. Cape Town: Nasou. pg 383 Ross, Graham. 2002. The romance of Cape mountain passes. Cape Town: David Philip. pg 117-119 Storrar, Patricia. 1984. A colossus of roads. Cape Town: Murray & Roberts / Concor. pg 11, 81, 86, 87, 90