Peak Lane in Halswell – Named after Peak Hill. Peak Hill is a prominent hill on the shores of Lake Coleridge, Canterbury. It is 1240 metres in height. Date Named: 15 March 2022.
Subdivision: 42 Gammack Drive. The road names are themed for the mountains in the Southern Alps that are visible from the site.
A small amount of information from the new library website. Peak Hill possibly was given that name because of the steep terrain. It probably isn’t technically a tautology place name but I am going to count it as such a place name.
I managed to find a map that showed the subdivision which explained why they said that the subdivision was at 42 Gammack Drive. A huge property with an address on Halswell Junction Road was sold for a huge amount of money and I am now going to have to walk Gammack Drive fairly soon. The driveway for the Halswell Junction Road property became Gammack Drive. There was a large part of the section which became 42 Gammack Drive but there was never a house there. This section was eventually subdivided after the original section that it had been part of was subdivided. Confused as I was at first but managed to find maps which showed the subdivision.
There are only 6 houses here built between 2023 and 2025. I didn’t walk this street as there isn’t a footpath and it just looks like someone’s driveway plus several cars parked along the side of the tiny lane. You wouldn’t want a large vehicle trying to squeeze past the parked vehicles.
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